Top 100 Illinois Elementary Schools: 2019 Rankings

ILLINOIS — As the 2018-19 school year gets well under way, Niche.com's has released its 2019 list of Best Public Elementary Schools — including its rankings of the best elementary schools in Illinois.

To arrive at the rankings, Niche looked at data from the U.S. Department of Education as well as state test scores, student-teacher ratio, student diversity, teacher quality, grade school ratings and the overall quality of the school district. The methodology for each category of rankings varied with some factors having a higher weight for certain categories over others.

Here's a look at the top 100 public elementary schools in the state, according to Niche.

1. Meadow Glens Elementary School, Naperville

2. River Woods Elementary School, Naperville

3. Naper Elementary School, Naperville

4. Ranch View Elementary School, Naperville

5. Highlands Elementary School, Naperville

6. Ellsworth Elementary School, Naperville

7. Steeple Run Elementary School, Naperville

8. Hough Elementary School, Barrington

9. Mill Street Elementary School, Naperville

10. Kingsley Elementary School, Naperville

11. Barbara B. Rose Elementary School, Barrington

12. Oak Grove Elementary School, Libertyville

13. Maplebrook Elementary School, Naperville

14. Grove Avenue Elementary School, Barrington

15. Prairie Elementary School, Naperville

16. Bannockburn School, Bannockburn

17. Thomas Metcalf School, Normal

18. The Joseph Sears School, Kenilworth

19. Wayne Builta Elementary School, Bolingbrook

20. Robert Clow Elementary School, Naperville

21. Arnett C. Lines Elementary School, Barrington

22. Scott Elementary School, Naperville

23. Oliver Julian Kendall Elementary School, Naperville

24. Elmwood Elementary School, Naperville

25. Fry Elementary School, Naperville

26. Roslyn Road Elementary School, Barrington

27. Countryside Elementary School, Barrington

28. White Eagle Elementary School, Naperville

29. Half Day School, Lincolnshire

30. Brook Forest Elementary School, Oak Brook

31. Owen Elementary School, Naperville

32. Lisbon Grade School, Newark

33. Danielle-Joy Peterson Elementary, Naperville

34. North Barrington Elementary School, Barrington

35. Graham Elementary School, Naperville

36. Shabonee School, Northbrook

37. Beebe Elementary School, Naperville

38. Avoca West Elementary School, Glenview

39. Elm Elementary School, Burr Ride

40. Fairview South Elementary School, Skokie

41. Mary Lou Cowlishaw Elementary School, Naperville

42. Middlefork Primary School, Northfield

43. Willowbrook Elementary School, Glenview

44. Wilmot Elementary School, Deerfield

45. Longfellow Elementary School, Wheaton

46. Patterson Elementary School, Naperville

47. Randout Elementary School, Lake Forest

48. Wescott Elementary School, Northbrook

49. Gwendolyn Brooks Elementary School, Aurora

50. Nancy Young Elementary School, Aurora

51. Madison Elementary School, Wheaton

52. Damiansville Elementary School, Damiansville

53. Willard Elementary School, River Forest

54. Emerson Elementary School, Wheaton

55. May Watts Elementary School, Naperville

56. Brookdale Elementary School, Naperville

57. Bell-Graham Elementary School, St. Charles

58. Lincoln Elementary School, River Forest

59. Spring Brook Elementary School, Naperville

60. Ivy Hill Elementary School, Arlington Heights

61. Forest Hills Elementary School, Western Springs

62. Madison Elementary School, Hinsdale

63. Rutland Elementary School, Ottawa

64. Hynes Elementary School,Morton Grove

65. The Lane Elementary School, Hinsdale

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67. Kings Elementary School, Kings

68. Aviston Elementary School, Aviston

69. Ivy Hall Elementary School, Buffalo Grove

70. Bartelso Elementary School, Bartelso

71. Pleasant Hill Elementary School, Winfield

72. Thomas Dooley Elementary School, Schaumburg

73. Giant City Elementary School, Carbondale

74. West School, Glencoe

75. Oak Elementary School, Hinsdale

76. Monroe Elementary School, Hinsdale

77. Milford Grade School - West Campus, Milford

78. Prospect Elementary School, Clarendon Hills

79. Corron Elementary School, South Elgin

80. Ridgeview Elementary School, Peoria

81. Albers Elementary School, Albers

82. Hawthorne Elementary School, Wheaton

83. Romona Elementary School, Wilmette

84. Park View Elementary School, Morton Grove

85. Hickory Grove Elementary School, Dunlap

86. South Park Elementary School, Deerfield

87. Lincoln Prairie School, Hoffman Estates

88. Fairview Elementary School, Hoffman Estates

89. Kipling Elementary School, Deerfield

90. Earl Pritchett School, Buffalo Grove

91. Forest Road Elementary School, La Grange Park

92. Lincoln Elementary School, Wheaton

93. Country Meadows Elementary School, Long Grove

94. Campanelli Elementary School, Schaumburg

95. Gower West Elementary School, Willowbrook

96. Prairie Elementary School, Buffalo Grove

97. Hoover Math & Science Academy, Schaumburg

98. Norton Creek Elementary School, West Chicago

99. Field Park Elementary School, Western Springs

100. Kildeer Countryside Elementary School, Long Grove

Find Niche's full list here.

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