Best Elementary Schools in Illinois for African American 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, African American 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 (African American vs All Students - 2024)					ID
Rank (of 655)	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 (African American)	Statewide Rank Percentile (All Students)	Rank Percentile Difference from All Students	SchoolDigger Rating (African American)	SchoolDigger Rating (All Students)	ID
1	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	99.8%	99.9%	0.06%			170993000860
2	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	99.7%	99.0%	0.71%			170993000957
3	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	99.5%	99.1%	0.46%			170993000888
4	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%	1.42%			170993006590
5	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	99.2%	96.8%	2.43%			170993005269
6	Chelsea Elementary School	Public	3-5	22265 S 80th Ave	Frankfort	60423	Will County	Frankfort CCSD 157C	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(815) 469-2309	889	57	15.5		664 (74.7%)	70 (7.9%)	80 (9.0%)	24 (2.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	51 (5.7%)	$12,495			$474			$12,021	99.1%	97.3%	1.79%			171570001880
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)	(n/a)	Yes	(708) 233-5300	753	57	13.2	64.1%	518 (68.8%)	45 (6.0%)	120 (15.9%)	30 (4.0%)	13 (1.7%)	2 (0.3%)	25 (3.3%)	$15,373			$1,478			$13,895	98.9%	93.7%	5.22%			172889003030
8	High Point Elementary School	Public	3-5	14825 West Ave	Orland Park	60462	Cook County	Orland School District 135	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(708) 364-4408	476	31	15.4		321 (67.4%)	34 (7.1%)	87 (18.3%)	15 (3.2%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (3.8%)	$16,705			$522			$16,183	98.8%	79.9%	18.86%			173022003127
9	Iles Elementary School	Public	1-8	1700 S 15th St	Springfield	62703	Sangamon County	Springfield School District 186	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	(217) 525-3226	406	25	16.2	25.1%	185 (45.6%)	54 (13.3%)	16 (3.9%)	102 (25.1%)	2 (0.5%)	1 (0.2%)	44 (10.8%)	$20,155			$3,810			$16,345	98.6%	98.5%	0.08%			173708003825
10	Lincoln Elementary School	Public	K-5	400 Morningside Dr	Marion	62959	Williamson County	Marion CUSD 2	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(618) 997-6063	493	36	13.6	68.2%	343 (69.6%)	54 (11.0%)	32 (6.5%)	13 (2.6%)	3 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	48 (9.7%)	$11,600			$2,740			$8,860	98.5%	85.5%	12.94%			172460002664

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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.