NCES CCD 2024-25 7 schools IL

Best-Resourced Schools in Antioch, IL

Compiled from official source data by PlainSchools. · Updated August 2026

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

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Schools

3,846

Students

48/100

Avg Resource Index

13.4:1

Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Broad resource and staffing advantage

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Antioch has more public-school enrollment than 42% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Antioch lands in the upper national tier on both the average Resource Investment Index and teacher staffing intensity. Those measures come from different inputs: the index combines reported counselors, gifted access, attendance, and staffing, while the staffing percentile compares the city's student-teacher ratio directly. Agreement across both measures is stronger evidence of broad reported capacity than either score alone, though neither is a test-score rating or a guarantee about an individual classroom.

A full K–12 ladder sits inside the city boundary

Antioch's list includes 3 elementary, 1 middle, and 1 high-school campus, plus 2 combined-grade records. The city average spans every major grade stage, so the ranked table is more informative when read within level than as one interchangeable queue.

A small portfolio contains radically different campus scales

Antioch lists only 7 schools, yet reported enrollment runs from 108 to 1,313 students, a 12-fold range. In a portfolio this compact, the smallest record may be a specialized or nonstandard setting rather than a miniature version of the largest campus. That distinction affects how ratios and program fields should be read. Compare similarly configured grade levels first; combining the extremes into one city average conceals more than it explains.

City enrollment: Top 58%
School count: Top 65%
Resource Index average: 81st percentile
Teacher staffing: 74th percentile

Antioch Comm High School accounts for 34.1% of all Antioch public-school enrollment

That dominant concentration means Antioch-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: High. 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 Accessed 2026-08-26

Antioch school enrollment varies 12× across entities

Antioch school enrollment ranges from 108 students (lowest) to 1,313 students (highest), a spread of 1,205 students. That spread reflects typical urban portfolio variation between specialty programs and large neighbourhood schools. 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 Accessed 2026-08-26

Antioch student-teacher ratio is 13.4:1 — low (typically associated with smaller schools or per-school staffing investment that often correlates with stronger per-student supports)

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 Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe Accessed 2026-08-26

#	School	Score	Enrollment	Level	District
1.	Emmons Grade School	61	288	elementary	Emmons Sd 33
2.	Antioch Upper Grade School	59	875	middle	Antioch Ccsd 34
3.	W C Petty Elementary School	57	462	elementary	Antioch Ccsd 34
4.	Hillcrest Elementary School	50	614	elementary	Antioch Ccsd 34
5.	Grass Lake Elem School	41	186	Combined	Grass Lake Sd 36
6.	Antioch Comm High School	39	1,313	high	Chsd 117
7.	Mary Kay Mcneill Elc	29	108	Combined	Antioch Ccsd 34

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Antioch

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.

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Which Antioch school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Emmons Grade School has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Antioch schools in this federal-data comparison at 61/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Antioch, IL? ▼

Antioch has 7 public schools with a total enrollment of 3,846 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 13.4:1.

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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.