Best Elementary Schools in Illinois for Special Education Students

Check out our new feature available only on SchoolDigger: rankings for different groups of students in Illinois!

Every year, the Illinois State Board of Education shares test results for various student groups in each school. We use these results to find out which schools do best for each group and list them from the best to the worst.

Additionally, we also compare the performance of the subgroup to the performance of the school as a whole. This makes it easy to see if, for example, Special Education students are overperforming or underperforming their peers in each school.

Year after year, SchoolDigger is always the first to publish Illinois test scores and rankings. Other sites use stale test score data that are several years old! Be in the know with the very latest performance metrics.

The list is updated annually upon the release of the IAR test scores by the Illinois State Board of Education. The most recent update was on Wednesday, October 30, 2024.

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School														Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2024)							Ranking (Special Education vs All Students - 2024)					ID
Rank (of 1195)	School	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Disc Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Per Pupil Expenditures: Total	Personnel from Federal Funds	Non-Personnel from Federal Funds	Total from Federal Funds	Personnel from State and Local Funds	Non-Personnel from State and Local Funds	Total from State and Local Funds	Statewide Rank Percentile (Special Education)	Statewide Rank Percentile (All Students)	Rank Percentile Difference from All Students	SchoolDigger Rating (Special Education)	SchoolDigger Rating (All Students)	ID
1	Thurgood Marshall Elementary	Public	1-4	4704 N Rockton Ave	Rockford	61103	Winnebago County	Rockford School District 205	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	(815) 966-3370	378	21	18	33.6%	191 (50.5%)	19 (5.0%)	72 (19.0%)	67 (17.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	28 (7.4%)	$16,426			$1,727			$14,699	99.9%	100.0%	0.04%			173451003605
2	Decatur Classical Elementary School	Public	K-8	7030 N Sacramento Ave	Chicago	60645	Cook County	Chicago Public Schools District 299	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	(773) 534-2201	329	22	14.9	14.9%	142 (43.2%)	13 (4.0%)	43 (13.1%)	98 (29.8%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	31 (9.4%)	$17,841			$2,429			$15,412	99.8%	99.7%	0.17%			170993000692
3	Hawthorne Elementary Scholastic Academy	Public	K-8	3319 N Clifton Ave	Chicago	60657	Cook County	Chicago Public Schools District 299	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	(773) 534-5550	616	42	14.8	14.4%	329 (53.4%)	24 (3.9%)	130 (21.1%)	80 (13.0%)	3 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	50 (8.1%)	$16,594			$2,196			$14,398	99.7%	99.7%	0.04%			170993000832
4	Skinner North Elementary School	Public	K-8	640 W Scott St	Chicago	60610	Cook County	Chicago Public Schools District 299	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	(773) 534-8500	512	30	17	13.1%	137 (26.8%)	27 (5.3%)	37 (7.2%)	248 (48.4%)	4 (0.8%)	1 (0.2%)	57 (11.1%)	$15,326			$2,021			$13,306	99.7%	99.8%	0.14%			170993006081
5	Westmoor Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	2500 Cherry Ln	Northbrook	60062	Cook County	Northbrook School District 28	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(847) 498-7960	352	36	9.7		254 (72.2%)	1 (0.3%)	14 (4.0%)	52 (14.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	31 (8.8%)	$30,832			$396			$30,436	99.6%	99.5%	0.11%			172898003041
6	Greeley Elementary School	Public	K-4	275 Fairview Ave	Winnetka	60093	Cook County	Winnetka School District 36	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	(847) 446-6060	351	27	12.9		298 (84.9%)	3 (0.9%)	23 (6.6%)	22 (6.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.4%)	$24,635			$218			$24,417	99.5%	97.7%	1.77%			174284004300
7	Bronzeville Classical Elementary School	Public	K-7	8 W Root St	Chicago	60609	Cook County	Chicago Public Schools District 299	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	(773) 535-8085	423	27	15.6	17.3%	23 (5.4%)	314 (74.2%)	22 (5.2%)	37 (8.7%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	26 (6.1%)	$18,057			$2,619			$15,438	99.4%	98.0%	1.45%			170993006590
8	Monroe Elementary School	Public	K-5	210 N Madison St	Hinsdale	60521	DuPage County	Hinsdale CCSD 181	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	(630) 861-4200	304	29	10.4		210 (69.1%)	4 (1.3%)	18 (5.9%)	38 (12.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	34 (11.2%)	$20,501			$438			$20,063	99.3%	99.4%	0.04%			171929002217
9	Elm Elementary School	Public	K-5	15W201 60th St	Burr Ridge	60527	DuPage County	Hinsdale CCSD 181	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	(630) 861-4000	296	29	10.1		126 (42.6%)	4 (1.4%)	15 (5.1%)	111 (37.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	40 (13.5%)	$20,865			$277			$20,588	99.2%	99.6%	0.32%			171929002214
10	Madison Elementary School	Public	K-5	611 S Madison St	Hinsdale	60521	DuPage County	Hinsdale CCSD 181	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	(630) 861-4100	359	31	11.4		241 (67.1%)	2 (0.6%)	22 (6.1%)	66 (18.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	28 (7.8%)	$20,773			$277			$20,497	99.2%	98.9%	0.28%			171929002216

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About our rankings:

Schooldigger calculates school rankings based on IAR English Language Arts, IAR Mathematics test scores released by the Illinois State Board of Education.
These rankings were last updated on October 30, 2024, and are based on the most recent test scores available. We update rankings as we receive new test scores from the Illinois State Board of Education, usually on a yearly basis.
Our sources of data include the National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education and the Illinois State Board of Education.
For more information about our ranking process, please see our Ranking FAQ. Details about our methodology are here.

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau, the Illinois Department of Public Health and the Illinois State Board of Education.