Top 100 elementary schools in Illinois
October 30, 2009
The Chicago Sun-Times bases its exclusive rankings of schools on average scores on state achievement tests. How we ranked the schools.
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| Rank | 2008-2009 rank change** | 2009 percentile | Percentile change | School | District | City | County | % low income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 | 96.64 | 1.83 | Decatur Classical* | Chicago SD 299 | Chicago | Cook | 15.6 |
| 2 | 0 | 93.94 | -0.14 | Keller Gifted* | Chicago SD 299 | Chicago | Cook | 16.3 |
| 3 | 0 | 93.64 | -0.25 | Lenart Gifted * | Chicago SD 299 | Chicago | Cook | 20.2 |
| 4 | 0 | 91.41 | -0.78 | Edison Gifted* | Chicago SD 299 | Chicago | Cook | 4.6 |
| 5 | 0 | 89.94 | 1 | Washington Gifted* | Rockford SD 205 | Rockford | Winnebago | 30.3 |
| 6 | 8 | 86.07 | 2.05 | Skinner Classical* | Chicago SD 299 | Chicago | Cook | 22.5 |
| 7 | 5 | 85.99 | 1.78 | Willard | Evanston CCSD 65 | Evanston | Cook | 25.8 |
| 8 | -2 | 85.83 | -1.56 | Lincoln | River Forest SD 90 | River Forest | Cook | 3.9 |
| 9 | 4 | 85.31 | 1.18 | Highlands | Naperville CUSD 203 | Naperville | DuPage | 1.7 |
| 10 | -3 | 85.28 | -1.01 | Iles* | Springfield SD 186 | Springfield | Sangamon | 35.9 |
| 11 | 4 | 84.34 | 0.48 | Madison | Hinsdale CCSD 181 | Hinsdale | DuPage | 2.6 |
| 12 | -4 | 84.26 | -1.59 | Grove Avenue | Barrington CUSD 220 | Barrington | Lake | 7.3 |
| 13 | 9 | 84.13 | 1.62 | Oriole Park | Chicago SD 299 | Chicago | Cook | 18.3 |
| 14 | 22 | 83.85 | 2.7 | Elm | Hinsdale CCSD 181 | Burr Ridge | DuPage | 4.5 |
| 15 | 82 | 83.4 | 6.46 | Lincoln Elementary* | Chicago SD 299 | Chicago | Cook | 13.4 |
| 16 | 110 | 83.34 | 7.92 | Romona | Wilmette SD 39 | Wilmette | Cook | 1.6 |
| 17 | -7 | 83.15 | -1.35 | North Barrington | Barrington CUSD 220 | Barrington | Lake | 2.6 |
| 17 | 23 | 83.15 | 2.36 | Half Day | Lincshire-Prairieview SD 103 | Lincolnshire | Lake | 0.3 |
| 19 | 11 | 83.11 | 1.69 | Willowbrook | Northbrook/Glenview SD 30 | Glenview | Cook | 1.4 |
| 20 | 30 | 83.06 | 3.11 | Braeside | North Shore SD 112 | Highland Park | Lake | 0.3 |
| 21 | 0 | 83.02 | 0.13 | Wilder-Waite | Dunlap CUSD 323 | Peoria | Peoria | 1.3 |
| 22 | 8 | 82.94 | 1.52 | Ravinia | North Shore SD 112 | Highland Park | Lake | 2.6 |
| 23 | 43 | 82.51 | 4.04 | Bell Elementary* | Chicago SD 299 | Chicago | Cook | 22 |
| 24 | -8 | 82.34 | -1.27 | Poe Classical* | Chicago SD 299 | Chicago | Cook | 44.3 |
| 25 | -7 | 82.21 | -0.81 | Bell-Graham | St. Charles CUSD 303 | St. Charles | Kane | 0.4 |
| 26 | 7 | 82.12 | 0.84 | Wescott | Northbrook/Glenview SD 30 | Northbrook | Cook | 1.6 |
| 27 | 33 | 81.68 | 2.34 | John Laidlaw | Western Springs SD 101 | Western Springs | Cook | 0.2 |
| 28 | -17 | 81.55 | -2.75 | Bannockburn | Bannockburn SD 106 | Bannockburn | Lake | 7 |
| 28 | -3 | 81.55 | -0.4 | Ivy Hall | Kildeer Ctryside CCSD 96 | Buffalo Grove | Lake | 3.2 |
| 28 | 18 | 81.55 | 1.36 | Hough Street | Barrington CUSD 220 | Barrington | Lake | 10.1 |
| 31 | -1 | 81.51 | 0.09 | Walker | Hinsdale CCSD 181 | Clarendon Hills | DuPage | 1.5 |
| 32 | 79 | 81.33 | 5.11 | Cypress | Cypress SD 64 | Cypress | Johnson | 43.1 |
| 33 | -14 | 81.24 | -1.74 | Longfellow | CUSD 200 | Wheaton | DuPage | 17.7 |
| 34 | -25 | 81.1 | -3.98 | Brook Forest | Butler SD 53 | Oak Brook | DuPage | 0 |
| 35 | 9 | 81.01 | 0.64 | Emerson | CUSD 200 | Wheaton | DuPage | 19.5 |
| 35 | 29 | 81.01 | 2.2 | Joseph Sears | Kenilworth SD 38 | Kenilworth | Cook | 0 |
| 37 | -14 | 80.97 | -1.11 | McDade Classical* | Chicago SD 299 | Chicago | Cook | 26 |
| 38 | 4 | 80.92 | 0.32 | Field Park | Western Springs SD 101 | Western Springs | Cook | 0 |
| 39 | 4 | 80.85 | 0.34 | Cherokee | Lake Forest SD 67 | Lake Forest | Lake | 0.2 |
| 40 | 20 | 80.83 | 1.49 | Pleasant Hill | Palatine CCSD 15 | Palatine | Cook | 4.5 |
| 40 | 13 | 80.83 | 1.02 | River Woods | Naperville CUSD 203 | Naperville | DuPage | 0.9 |
| 42 | 20 | 80.78 | 1.9 | Willard | River Forest SD 90 | River Forest | Cook | 3.5 |
| 42 | -13 | 80.78 | -0.68 | A. Jackson Magnet | Chicago SD 299 | Chicago | Cook | 31.7 |
| 42 | -25 | 80.78 | -2.32 | Whittier | CUSD 200 | Wheaton | DuPage | 7.4 |
| 45 | -4 | 80.74 | 0.05 | Robert Clow | Indian Prairie CUSD 204 | Naperville | DuPage | 2.9 |
| 46 | -1 | 80.72 | 0.48 | McKenzie | Wilmette SD 39 | Wilmette | Cook | 1.2 |
| 47 | -9 | 80.6 | -0.32 | The Lane | Hinsdale CCSD 181 | Hinsdale | DuPage | 1.8 |
| 48 | -9 | 80.44 | -0.43 | Tremont | Tremont CUSD 702 | Tremont | Tazewell | 4.6 |
| 49 | 6 | 80.42 | 0.75 | Fry | Indian Prairie CUSD 204 | Naperville | DuPage | 0.4 |
| 50 | 23 | 80.37 | 2.54 | Roslyn Road | Barrington CUSD 220 | Barrington | Lake | 7.4 |
| 51 | -28 | 80.33 | -1.75 | Wiesbrook | CUSD 200 | Wheaton | DuPage | 4.5 |
| 52 | 6 | 80.09 | 0.56 | Tripp | Aptakisic-Tripp CCSD 102 | Buffalo Grove | Lake | 4.7 |
| 53 | 84 | 79.95 | 5.04 | Lincoln | Morton CUSD 709 | Morton | Tazewell | 7.9 |
| 54 | 1 | 79.72 | 0.05 | Lincoln | North Shore SD 112 | Highland Park | Lake | 2.1 |
| 54 | -26 | 79.72 | -1.79 | J.W. Riley | Wheeling CCSD 21 | Arlington Heights | Cook | 4.4 |
| 56 | -36 | 79.67 | -3.26 | Monroe | Hinsdale CCSD 181 | Hinsdale | DuPage | 0.2 |
| 57 | -6 | 79.63 | -0.28 | Hunting Ridge | Palatine CCSD 15 | Palatine | Cook | 8.7 |
| 58 | -21 | 79.53 | -1.48 | Prospect | Hinsdale CCSD 181 | Clarendon Hills | DuPage | 3 |
| 59 | 22 | 79.44 | 1.9 | White Eagle | Indian Prairie CUSD 204 | Naperville | DuPage | 2.5 |
| 60 | 73 | 79.29 | 4.22 | Edgebrook | Chicago SD 299 | Chicago | Cook | 11.6 |
| 61 | -9 | 79.15 | -0.71 | Kildeer Countryside | Kildeer Ctryside CCSD 96 | Long Grove | Lake | 1.5 |
| 62 | -36 | 79.06 | -2.63 | Oak | Hinsdale CCSD 181 | Hinsdale | DuPage | 0 |
| 63 | 13 | 79.01 | 1.22 | Avoca West | Avoca SD 37 | Glenview | Cook | 5.6 |
| 64 | -10 | 78.91 | -0.86 | Ivy Hill | Arlington Heights SD 25 | Arlington Heights | Cook | 6.4 |
| 65 | 25 | 78.72 | 1.53 | Greenbrier | Arlington Heights SD 25 | Arlington Heights | Cook | 2.1 |
| 65 | 35 | 78.72 | 1.83 | Walden | Deerfield SD 109 | Deerfield | Lake | 0.8 |
| 67 | 21 | 78.52 | 1.19 | Isaac Fox | Lake Zurich CUSD 95 | Lake Zurich | Lake | 2.1 |
| 67 | -19 | 78.52 | -1.52 | Prairie | Kildeer Ctryside CCSD 96 | Buffalo Grove | Lake | 2.2 |
| 69 | -12 | 78.43 | -1.15 | Spring Brook | Indian Prairie CUSD 204 | Naperville | DuPage | 1.1 |
| 70 | 17 | 78.38 | 0.99 | Barbara B. Rose | Barrington CUSD 220 | South Barrington | Lake | 2.1 |
| 70 | 27 | 78.38 | 1.44 | Benjamin Franklin | Glen Ellyn SD 41 | Glen Ellyn | DuPage | 4.7 |
| 72 | 96 | 78.28 | 4.77 | Kipling | Deerfield SD 109 | Deerfield | Lake | 0.8 |
| 73 | 66 | 78.18 | 3.38 | Ellsworth | Naperville CUSD 203 | Naperville | DuPage | 16.5 |
| 74 | 4 | 78.13 | 0.54 | Owen | Indian Prairie CUSD 204 | Naperville | DuPage | 3.5 |
| 74 | -41 | 78.13 | -3.15 | Hawthorne Magnet | Chicago SD 299 | Chicago | Cook | 17.6 |
| 76 | 27 | 77.98 | 1.15 | Olive-Mary Stitt | Arlington Heights SD 25 | Arlington Heights | Cook | 5.9 |
| 77 | 23 | 77.94 | 1.05 | Windsor | Arlington Heights SD 25 | Arlington Heights | Cook | 6.6 |
| 77 | 11 | 77.94 | 0.6 | Pierce Downer | Downers Grove GSD 58 | Downers Grove | DuPage | 0.5 |
| 79 | 80 | 77.79 | 3.9 | Wasco Elementary | St. Charles CUSD 303 | Wasco | Kane | 3.4 |
| 79 | -31 | 77.79 | -2.26 | Hillcrest | Downers Grove GSD 58 | Downers Grove | DuPage | 2.8 |
| 81 | -18 | 77.74 | -1.13 | Meadow Glens | Naperville CUSD 203 | Naperville | DuPage | 2.3 |
| 82 | 25 | 77.71 | 1.13 | Shabonee | Northbrook ESD 27 | Northbrook | Cook | 2 |
| 83 | 245 | 77.64 | 10.18 | Earl Pritchett | Aptakisic-Tripp CCSD 102 | Buffalo Grove | Lake | 5.5 |
| 83 | 33 | 77.64 | 1.6 | Sunset Ridge | Sunset Ridge SD 29 | Northfield | Cook | 1 |
| 85 | -20 | 77.54 | -1.23 | Northpoint | McLean County USD 5 | Bloomington | McLean | 1.9 |
| 86 | 61 | 77.41 | 2.96 | Gower West | Gower SD 62 | Willowbrook | DuPage | 8.9 |
| 87 | 26 | 77.39 | 1.27 | Ogden Avenue | La Grange SD 102 | La Grange | Cook | 0.9 |
| 88 | -5 | 77.24 | -0.25 | Dunlap Grade | Dunlap CUSD 323 | Dunlap | Peoria | 3.9 |
| 88 | -10 | 77.24 | -0.35 | Hawthorn Aspen | Hawthorn CCSD 73 | Vernon Hills | Lake | 13 |
| 90 | -43 | 77.19 | -2.91 | Marion Jordan | Palatine CCSD 15 | Palatine | Cook | 2.8 |
| 91 | 31 | 77.09 | 1.65 | Oak Grove | Oak Grove SD 68 | Green Oaks | Lake | 0.3 |
| 92 | 11 | 77.04 | 0.2 | Forest Hills | Western Springs SD 101 | Western Springs | Cook | 0 |
| 93 | -7 | 76.98 | -0.45 | Wild Rose | St. Charles CUSD 303 | St. Charles | Kane | 3.3 |
| 93 | 10 | 76.98 | 0.15 | Patterson | Indian Prairie CUSD 204 | Naperville | DuPage | 0 |
| 95 | 103 | 76.83 | 4.98 | Orrington | Evanston CCSD 65 | Evanston | Cook | 23.8 |
| 96 | -6 | 76.73 | -0.46 | Banner | Dunlap CUSD 323 | Dunlap | Peoria | 5.1 |
| 97 | 9 | 76.63 | -0.15 | Cossitt Avenue | La Grange SD 102 | La Grange | Cook | 4.9 |
| 98 | 15 | 76.58 | 0.46 | Harper | Wilmette SD 39 | Wilmette | Cook | 0.5 |
| 98 | -15 | 76.58 | -0.91 | West | Glencoe SD 35 | Glencoe | Cook | 0 |
| 100 | -22 | 76.53 | -1.06 | Lincoln | Elmhurst SD 205 | Elmhurst | DuPage | 0.7 |
** NOTE: The second column -- 2008-2009 rank change -- shows how much a school went up or down in the rankings. For example, among elementary schools, Chicago's Skinner Classical is No. 6 this year and was No. 14 last year, so it's 08-09 rank change is 8. River Forest's Lincoln is No. 8 this year and was No. 6 last year, so it's 08-09 rank change is -2.