Best Elementary Schools in Illinois for Homeless 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, Homeless 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 (Homeless vs All Students - 2023)
ID	Rank (of 30)	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 (Homeless)	Statewide Rank Percentile (All Students)	Rank Percentile Difference from All Students	SchoolDigger Rating (Homeless)	SchoolDigger Rating (All Students)
170850005297	1	Washington Attendance Center	Public	4-6	205 W Main St	Carmi	62821	White County	Carmi-White County CUSD 5	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(618) 382-4631	296	20	15	65.5%	273 (92.2%)	3 (1.0%)	7 (2.4%)	2 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (3.7%)	$13,101			$2,644			$10,457	96.7%	89.4%	7.31%
171065005632	2	Dorris Intermediate School	Public	4-6	1841 Vandalia St	Collinsville	62234	Madison County	Collinsville CUSD 10	No	(n/a)	No	No	(618) 346-6311	936	63	14.8	57.9%	500 (53.4%)	127 (13.6%)	248 (26.5%)	3 (0.3%)	2 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	56 (6.0%)	$11,611			$1,770			$9,841	93.3%	49.4%	43.89%
171881001624	3	Herrin C U S D 4 Elementary School	Public	2-5	5200 Herrin Rd	Herrin	62948	Williamson County	Herrin CUSD 4	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(618) 942-2744	688	49	14.1	59.7%	545 (79.2%)	37 (5.4%)	25 (3.6%)	5 (0.7%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	75 (10.9%)	$12,449			$1,298			$11,152	90.0%	71.0%	18.98%
171758002060	4	Wells Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	704 W North St	Grayville	62844	White County	Grayville CUSD 1	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(618) 375-7214	127	11	11.6	69.3%	126 (99.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.8%)	$13,781			$938			$12,843	86.7%	64.4%	22.25%
171540006376	5	Flora Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	445 Emory St	Flora	62839	Clay County	Flora CUSD 35	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(618) 662-2014	662	45	14.8	50.0%	614 (92.7%)	5 (0.8%)	14 (2.1%)	8 (1.2%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (3.0%)	$11,709			$2,070			$9,639	83.3%	66.3%	17.04%
171366001661	6	Eldorado Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	1100 Alexander St	Eldorado	62930	Saline County	Eldorado CUSD 4	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(618) 273-9324	569	40	14.3	59.8%	529 (93.0%)	3 (0.5%)	4 (0.7%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	31 (5.4%)	$14,257			$5,378			$8,879	80.0%	46.3%	33.73%
171079001309	7	East Side Elementary School	Public	K-6	501 E Randolph St	Mc Leansboro	62859	Hamilton County	Hamilton County CUSD 10	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(618) 643-2328	414	30	13.9	53.4%	389 (94.0%)	3 (0.7%)	11 (2.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (2.7%)	$10,350			$2,242			$8,108	76.7%	76.4%	0.31%
171827004403	8	East Side Intermediate School	Public	3-5	315 E Church St	Harrisburg	62946	Saline County	Harrisburg CUSD 3	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(618) 253-7637	378	31	12.2	62.7%	324 (85.7%)	13 (3.4%)	7 (1.9%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	33 (8.7%)	$16,743			$5,137			$11,606	73.3%	38.2%	35.15%
170993000668	9	Beasley Elementary Magnet Academic Center	Public	PK, KG-8	5255 S State St	Chicago	60609	Cook County	City of Chicago School District 299	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(773) 535-1230	1,004	64	15.7	70.7%	0 (0.0%)	972 (96.8%)	15 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (0.4%)	2 (0.2%)	11 (1.1%)	$18,876			$2,734			$16,142	70.0%	35.2%	34.76%
170927000535	10	Centralia Junior High School	Public	4-8	900 S Pine St	Centralia	62801	Marion County	Centralia School District 135	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(618) 532-1907	643	49	13.2	99.5%	401 (62.4%)	125 (19.4%)	27 (4.2%)	1 (0.2%)	5 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	84 (13.1%)	$15,475			$2,173			$13,302	66.7%	18.3%	48.32%

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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:

State-Administered Standardized Tests: A Comprehensive Guide

Alternative Schools vs Public Schools: A Comparison

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.