NCES CCD 2024-25 7 schools IL

Best-Resourced Schools in Alsip, IL

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7 public K-12 schools in Alsip from NCES Common Core of Data: enrollment, grade span, demographics, and Civil Rights Data Collection statistics for every active campus.

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7
Schools
2,047
Students
37.9/100
Avg Resource Index
17.1:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Compact system under staffing pressure

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Alsip has more public-school enrollment than 13% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Alsip has fewer enrolled students than most listed city systems, but its student-teacher ratio still falls on the more crowded side of the national distribution. That pairing rules out a simple “large city” explanation for the staffing load. Campus size, grade configuration, vacancies, and district boundaries become the more relevant questions; the profiles below expose those fields school by school without turning the ratio into a quality verdict.

The school portfolio is elementary-weighted

4 of Alsip's 7 listed schools are elementary campuses. That composition means citywide enrollment and staffing averages are influenced more by early-grade operating patterns than by the city's 2 middle and 0 high-school records. Families comparing later grades should rely on those individual rows rather than the all-school mean.

Campus spread matters more than the city mean

The 34-point gap between Hamlin Upper Grade Center and District 126 Early Childhood Ctr shows the range hidden by Alsip's average Resource Investment Index. The city figure is useful for national placement, but families ultimately choose among campuses with different grade spans, enrollment, district affiliations, and reported support fields. Start with schools serving the relevant grade level, then compare the index components rather than assuming the city average describes any one classroom.

City enrollment
Top 87%
School count
Top 65%
Resource Index average
37th percentile
Teacher staffing
33rd percentile

Stony Creek Elem School accounts for 31.9% of all Alsip public-school enrollment

That dominant concentration means Alsip-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: Elementary. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how districts allocate programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Alsip school enrollment varies 5.3× across entities

Alsip school enrollment ranges from 122 students (lowest) to 652 students (highest), a spread of 530 students. That relatively narrow ratio reflects an unusually homogeneous school portfolio for a city this size. Per-school staffing and program breadth can differ sharply at opposite ends of that enrollment range, so the city average should not be treated as a typical campus.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Alsip student-teacher ratio is 17.1:1 — near the typical range (US average ~15.7) — citywide staffing is neither unusually lean nor unusually crowded by this measure

student-teacher ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE classroom teachers against total enrollment, push-in specialists, English-language aides, special-education co-teachers, and counselors are not included in most reporting Variation between sub-units within Alsip is typically wider than the Alsip-aggregate figure suggests.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

# School Score
1. Hamlin Upper Grade Center 49
2. Hazelgreen Elem School 44
3. George Washington Elementary Sch 42
4. Lane Elem School 39
5. Stony Creek Elem School 38
6. Prairie Jr High School 38
7. District 126 Early Childhood Ctr 15

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Alsip

Ranked by the Simpson student-body diversity index (0-100) from NCES race and ethnicity data, where higher means a more evenly mixed student body. It measures mix, not quality.

  1. 1 Hazelgreen Elem School 67.9/100
  2. 2 Lane Elem School 66.9/100
  3. 3 Prairie Jr High School 64.9/100
  4. 4 Stony Creek Elem School 64.0/100
  5. 5 District 126 Early Childhood Ctr 64.0/100

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Which Alsip school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Hamlin Upper Grade Center has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Alsip schools in this federal-data comparison at 49/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Alsip, IL? ▼

Alsip has 7 public schools with a total enrollment of 2,047 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 17.1:1.

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Data from NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 and Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22. The Resource Investment Index uses reported student-teacher ratio, counselor access, gifted programs, and attendance; it is not an academic rating. Cities must include at least five schools to be listed. This public-data comparison is for informational purposes: verify current enrollment, attendance boundaries, and programs with the school district before acting. See the guide to understanding NCES data.