Best Elementary Schools in Illinois for Low Socio Economic Status Students

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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, Low Socio Economic Status 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.

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Alert! New test scores and rankings are expected from the Illinois State Board of Education any day now!

School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2022)							Ranking (Low Socio Economic Status vs All Students - 2022)
ID	Rank (of 1751)	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 (Low Socio Economic Status)	Statewide Rank Percentile (All Students)	Rank Percentile Difference from All Students	SchoolDigger Rating (Low Socio Economic Status)	SchoolDigger Rating (All Students)
173451003605	1	Thurgood Marshall Elementary	Public	1-4	4704 N Rockton Ave	Rockford	61103	Winnebago County	Rockford School District 205	No	(n/a)	No	No	(815) 966-3370	363	20	17.7	14.9%	196 (54.0%)	13 (3.6%)	46 (12.7%)	82 (22.6%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	24 (6.6%)	$12,018			$330			$11,687	99.9%	99.8%	0.14%
172058002328	2	Eisenhower Academy	Public	1-5	406 Burke Dr	Joliet	60433	Will County	Joliet PSD 86	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(815) 723-0233	225	13	18	97.3%	68 (30.2%)	41 (18.2%)	107 (47.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (4.0%)	$11,518			$1,022			$10,496	99.9%	97.5%	2.34%
170993006590	3	Bronzeville Classical Elementary School	Public	K-4	8 W Root St	Chicago	60609	Cook County	City of Chicago School District 299	No	(n/a)	No	No	(773) 535-8085	327	20	16.3	19.0%	22 (6.7%)	234 (71.6%)	15 (4.6%)	31 (9.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	25 (7.6%)	$13,474			$1,508			$11,966	99.8%	97.5%	2.33%
170993000957	4	McDade Elementary Classical School	Public	K-7	8801 S Indiana Ave	Chicago	60619	Cook County	City of Chicago School District 299	No	(n/a)	No	No	(773) 535-3669	192	13	14.4	37.5%	2 (1.0%)	175 (91.1%)	2 (1.0%)	4 (2.1%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (4.2%)	$18,013			$1,738			$16,275	99.8%	96.1%	3.67%
172649002840	5	Monroe Elementary School	Public	K-8	5137 W Cisna Rd	Bartonville	61607	Peoria County	Monroe School District 70	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(309) 697-3120	296	18	16.4	38.2%	253 (85.5%)	9 (3.0%)	14 (4.7%)	4 (1.4%)	3 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (4.4%)	$10,777			$742			$10,035	99.7%	90.8%	8.91%
170993001096	6	Skinner Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	111 S Throop St	Chicago	60607	Cook County	City of Chicago School District 299	No	(n/a)	No	No	(773) 534-7790	1,097	60	18.4	24.6%	273 (24.9%)	254 (23.2%)	109 (9.9%)	339 (30.9%)	20 (1.8%)	6 (0.5%)	96 (8.8%)	$10,877			$1,307			$9,570	99.7%	98.7%	0.91%
172889003030	7	Oak Ridge Elementary School	Public	2-5	8791 W 103rd St	Palos Hills	60465	Cook County	North Palos School District 117	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(708) 233-5300	679	48	14	58.2%	457 (67.3%)	51 (7.5%)	112 (16.5%)	24 (3.5%)	11 (1.6%)	2 (0.3%)	22 (3.2%)	$13,462			$1,184			$12,278	99.6%	95.7%	3.93%
170993005269	8	Lenart Elementary Regional Gifted Center	Public	PK, KG-8	8101 S La Salle St	Chicago	60620	Cook County	City of Chicago School District 299	No	(n/a)	No	No	(773) 535-0040	280	16	17.5	32.1%	39 (13.9%)	172 (61.4%)	15 (5.4%)	42 (15.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (4.3%)	$15,899			$2,197			$13,703	99.5%	97.7%	1.81%
172889003028	9	Glen Oaks Elementary School	Public	2-5	9045 S 88th Ave	Hickory Hills	60457	Cook County	North Palos School District 117	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(708) 233-6800	684	49	14	59.6%	483 (70.6%)	18 (2.6%)	119 (17.4%)	20 (2.9%)	2 (0.3%)	2 (0.3%)	40 (5.8%)	$13,401			$1,211			$12,190	99.5%	93.2%	6.27%
172494003240	10	Scott Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	4732 Patriots Dr	Scott Air Force Base	62225	St. Clair County	Mascoutah CUD 19	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(618) 746-4738	742	48	15.5	17.8%	427 (57.5%)	87 (11.7%)	139 (18.7%)	12 (1.6%)	1 (0.1%)	8 (1.1%)	68 (9.2%)	$10,731			$639			$10,092	99.4%	94.2%	5.25%

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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 27, 2022, 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. School Attendance Areas provided by ATTOM.