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 ISA and IAR test scores by the Illinois State Board of Education. The most recent update was on Monday, October 30, 2023.

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School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2023)							Ranking (Special Education vs All Students - 2023)
ID	Rank (of 1156)	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)
170993006081	1	Skinner North Elementary School	Public	K-8	640 W Scott St	Chicago	60610	Cook County	City of Chicago School District 299	No	(n/a)	No	No	(773) 534-8500	493	32	15.4	9.3%	153 (31.0%)	31 (6.3%)	46 (9.3%)	216 (43.8%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	45 (9.1%)	$17,302			$2,394			$14,908	99.9%	99.9%	0.06%
170993000692	2	Decatur Classical Elementary School	Public	K-7	7030 N Sacramento Ave	Chicago	60645	Cook County	City of Chicago School District 299	No	(n/a)	No	No	(773) 534-2201	311	20	15.5	11.9%	141 (45.3%)	15 (4.8%)	37 (11.9%)	93 (29.9%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	24 (7.7%)	$20,849			$2,379			$18,470	99.8%	99.8%	0.02%
170993000832	3	Hawthorne Elementary Scholastic Academy	Public	K-8	3319 N Clifton Ave	Chicago	60657	Cook County	City of Chicago School District 299	No	(n/a)	No	No	(773) 534-5550	575	40	14.5	16.5%	306 (53.2%)	29 (5.0%)	128 (22.3%)	68 (11.8%)	2 (0.3%)	2 (0.3%)	40 (7.0%)	$17,943			$2,256			$15,687	99.7%	99.7%	0.08%
170505000195	4	Arnett C Lines Elementary School	Public	K-5	217 Eastern Ave	Barrington	60010	Lake County	Barrington CUSD 220	No	(n/a)	No	No	(847) 381-7850	490	36	13.4	11.0%	371 (75.7%)	4 (0.8%)	65 (13.3%)	29 (5.9%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	19 (3.9%)	$19,805			$589			$19,216	99.7%	96.9%	2.74%
173474003656	5	Thomas Dooley Elementary School	Public	K-6	622 Norwood Ln	Schaumburg	60193	Cook County	Schaumburg CCSD 54	No	(n/a)	No	No	(847) 357-6250	458	34	13.4	3.7%	168 (36.7%)	9 (2.0%)	32 (7.0%)	167 (36.5%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	80 (17.5%)	$15,852			$1,760			$14,092	99.6%	97.3%	2.31%
172898003041	6	Westmoor Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	2500 Cherry Ln	Northbrook	60062	Cook County	Northbrook School District 28	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(847) 498-7960	404	40	10	4.0%	303 (75.0%)	1 (0.2%)	14 (3.5%)	53 (13.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	33 (8.2%)	$27,364			$522			$26,841	99.5%	99.3%	0.16%
173822003911	7	Frankfort Square Elementary School	Public	1-4	7710 W Kingston Dr	Frankfort	60423	Will County	Summit Hill School District 161	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(815) 469-0564	194	16	11.9	16.5%	140 (72.2%)	10 (5.2%)	32 (16.5%)	4 (2.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (4.1%)	$18,470			$234			$18,235	99.4%	96.1%	3.34%
174260004279	8	Romona Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-4	600 Romona Rd	Wilmette	60091	Cook County	Wilmette School District 39	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(847) 512-6400	507	47	10.8	7.1%	293 (57.8%)	5 (1.0%)	46 (9.1%)	93 (18.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	70 (13.8%)	$24,272			$725			$23,547	99.3%	99.0%	0.27%
173042003162	9	Thomas Jefferson Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	3805 Winston Dr	Hoffman Estates	60192	Cook County	Palatine CCSD 15	No	(n/a)	No	No	(847) 963-5400	344	30	11.4	11.0%	228 (66.3%)	6 (1.7%)	25 (7.3%)	61 (17.7%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	22 (6.4%)	$17,547			$852			$16,695	99.2%	92.2%	6.97%
171929002216	10	Madison Elementary School	Public	K-5	611 S Madison St	Hinsdale	60521	DuPage County	Hinsdale CCSD 181	No	(n/a)	No	No	(630) 861-4100	406	34	12.1	0.7%	280 (69.0%)	4 (1.0%)	19 (4.7%)	70 (17.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	33 (8.1%)	$18,588			$275			$18,313	99.1%	99.4%	0.24%

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About our rankings:

Schooldigger calculates school rankings based on IAR English Language Arts, IAR Mathematics, ISA Science test scores released by the Illinois State Board of Education.
These rankings were last updated on October 30, 2023, 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.

Educational resources:

Student-Teacher Ratios and their Impact on Class Sizes & School Selection

Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA): Transforming Education in America

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. School Attendance Areas provided by ATTOM.