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.

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 (Low Socio Economic Status vs All Students - 2024)					ID
Rank (of 1793)	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)	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%	0.01%			173451003605
2	Keller Elementary Gifted Magnet School	Public	1-8	3020 W 108th St	Chicago	60655	Cook County	Chicago Public Schools District 299	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	(773) 535-2636	221	13	16.6	35.7%	31 (14.0%)	55 (24.9%)	31 (14.0%)	92 (41.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (5.4%)	$19,373			$2,635			$16,737	99.9%	99.9%	0.01%			170993000860
3	Eisenhower Academy	Public	1-5	406 Burke Dr	Joliet	60433	Will County	Joliet PSD 86	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(815) 723-0233	227	13	17.1	100.0%	53 (23.3%)	51 (22.5%)	111 (48.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (5.3%)	$17,176			$1,782			$15,394	99.8%	99.2%	0.61%			172058002328
4	McDade Elementary Classical School	Public	K-8	8801 S Indiana Ave	Chicago	60619	Cook County	Chicago Public Schools District 299	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	(773) 535-3669	217	11	19.2	37.8%	5 (2.3%)	194 (89.4%)	5 (2.3%)	3 (1.4%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (4.1%)	$19,624			$2,835			$16,789	99.8%	99.0%	0.79%			170993000957
5	Poe Elementary Classical School	Public	K-8	10538 S Langley Ave	Chicago	60628	Cook County	Chicago Public Schools District 299	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	(773) 535-5525	227	16	14.1	37.4%	7 (3.1%)	193 (85.0%)	19 (8.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (3.5%)	$22,146			$3,028			$19,118	99.7%	99.1%	0.64%			170993000888
6	Lenart Elementary Regional Gifted Center	Public	PK, KG-8	8101 S La Salle St	Chicago	60620	Cook County	Chicago Public Schools District 299	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	(773) 535-0040	296	17	17.4	35.8%	38 (12.8%)	192 (64.9%)	15 (5.1%)	41 (13.9%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	9 (3.0%)	$17,964			$2,865			$15,099	99.7%	96.8%	2.86%			170993005269
7	Glen Oaks Elementary School	Public	2-5	9045 S 88th Ave	Hickory Hills	60457	Cook County	North Palos School District 117	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(708) 233-6800	645	51	12.6	61.6%	466 (72.2%)	17 (2.6%)	104 (16.1%)	18 (2.8%)	3 (0.5%)	2 (0.3%)	35 (5.4%)	$16,798			$1,550			$15,248	99.6%	97.7%	1.93%			172889003028
8	Isaac Fox Elementary School	Public	K-5	395 W Cuba Rd	Lake Zurich	60047	Lake County	Lake Zurich CUSD 95	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	(847) 540-7020	511	31	16.3	16.0%	423 (82.8%)	0 (0.0%)	31 (6.1%)	38 (7.4%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (3.3%)	$17,835			$484			$17,351	99.6%	94.3%	5.26%			172190000518
8	Ridge Family Center for Learning	Public	K-5	650 Ridge Ave	Elk Grove Village	60007	Cook County	Community Cons School District 59	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	(847) 593-4070	221	19	11.8	33.0%	137 (62.0%)	4 (1.8%)	30 (13.6%)	42 (19.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (3.6%)	$22,627			$631			$21,996	99.6%	89.3%	10.29%			171377004568
10	Robert Clow Elementary School	Public	K-5	1301 Springdale Cir	Naperville	60564	Will County	Indian Prairie CUSD 204	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	(630) 428-6060	328	28	11.6	15.9%	176 (53.7%)	16 (4.9%)	38 (11.6%)	69 (21.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	29 (8.8%)	$19,125			$1,091			$18,034	99.4%	95.8%	3.60%			174169004436

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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.