NCES CCD 2024-25 13 schools IL

Best-Resourced Schools in Arlington Heights, IL

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

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13
Schools
8,373
Students
51.1/100
Avg Resource Index
13.7:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Broad resource and staffing advantage

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Arlington Heights has more public-school enrollment than 75% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Arlington Heights 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.

The school portfolio is elementary-weighted

9 of Arlington Heights's 13 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 1 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 24-point gap between J W Riley Elem School and Ivy Hill Elem School shows the range hidden by Arlington Heights'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 25%
School count
Top 28%
Resource Index average
89th percentile
Teacher staffing
71st percentile

John Hersey High School accounts for 24.4% of all Arlington Heights public-school enrollment

That concentration means Arlington Heights-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

Arlington Heights school enrollment varies 7.4× across entities

Arlington Heights school enrollment ranges from 274 students (lowest) to 2,040 students (highest), a spread of 1,766 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

Arlington Heights student-teacher ratio is 13.7:1 — 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

# School Score
1. J W Riley Elem School 65
2. Edgar a Poe Elem School 63
3. Greenbrier Elem School 54
4. Westgate Elem School 52
5. Windsor Elementary School 52
6. John Hersey High School 51
7. South Middle School 49
8. Thomas Middle School 48
9. Olive-Mary Stitt School 48
10. Dryden Elem School 48
11. Juliette Low Elem School 48
12. Patton Elem School 45
13. Ivy Hill Elem School 41

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Arlington Heights

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 Juliette Low Elem School 66.2/100
  2. 2 Ivy Hill Elem School 62.7/100
  3. 3 J W Riley Elem School 54.5/100
  4. 4 John Hersey High School 50.7/100
  5. 5 Greenbrier Elem School 50.4/100

What do families ask about schools in Arlington Heights?

Which Arlington Heights school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

J W Riley Elem School has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Arlington Heights schools in this federal-data comparison at 65/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Arlington Heights, IL? ▼

Arlington Heights has 13 public schools with a total enrollment of 8,373 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 13.7:1.

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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.