NCES CCD 2024-25 20 schools IL

Best-Resourced Schools in Belleville, IL

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

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20
Schools
11,171
Students
31.9/100
Avg Resource Index
14.2:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Lean reported-resource profile

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Belleville has more public-school enrollment than 83% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Belleville's average Resource Investment Index falls in the lower portion of the 4,487-city comparison set. The index is a resource snapshot, not an academic grade: it reflects the federal staffing, counselor, gifted-program, and attendance fields available for local campuses. The most useful next step is to open the individual schools below and identify which component is pulling each score down, because the same city average can hide very different campus-level constraints.

A full K–12 ladder sits inside the city boundary

Belleville's list includes 9 elementary, 3 middle, and 2 high-school campuses, plus 6 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.

The composite and staffing measures point in different directions

Belleville's average Resource Investment Index sits at the 16th percentile, while its teacher-staffing measure sits at the 65th percentile. The 49-point percentile gap is a reminder that the index is not a class-size score: counselors, gifted-program reporting, and attendance also affect it. Compare those components directly when two schools have similar index totals; the same headline score can arise from a different mix of reported resources.

City enrollment
Top 17%
School count
Top 15%
Resource Index average
16th percentile
Teacher staffing
65th percentile

Belleville High School-East accounts for 23.3% of all Belleville public-school enrollment

That concentration means Belleville-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

Belleville school enrollment varies 18× across entities

Belleville school enrollment ranges from 146 students (lowest) to 2,600 students (highest), a spread of 2,454 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

Belleville operates 6 school districts — among the most fragmented governance structures in the country

Each school district has independent budgeting, hiring, and service delivery authority. The fragmentation reflects historical patterns of inter-municipal boundary lines that pre-date modern city growth, students in different parts of the same city can attend different districts with different per-pupil spending, calendars, and graduation requirements. Per-region variation is largest in fragmented systems because each school district sets its own budget, contracts, and priorities without higher-level coordination above the regulatory floor.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Belleville student-teacher ratio is 14.2:1 — 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 Belleville is typically wider than the Belleville-aggregate figure suggests.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

# School Score
1. Signal Hill Elem School 57
2. Westhaven Elementary 47
3. Emge Junior High School 44
4. Roosevelt Elem School 43
5. Jefferson Elem School 39
6. Douglas Elem School 35
7. Harmony Intermediate Center 34
8. Franklin Elem School 31
9. Belleville High School-East 29
10. Henry Raab Elem School 29
11. Belleville High School-West 28
12. Abraham Lincoln Elem School 28
13. Central Jr High School 28
14. Belle Valley School 27
15. West Jr High School 27
16. Whiteside Elem School 26
17. Whiteside Middle School 26
18. Union Elem School 23
19. Ellis Elem School 23
20. Washington School 15

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Belleville

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 Washington School 68.0/100
  2. 2 Franklin Elem School 68.0/100
  3. 3 Roosevelt Elem School 67.3/100
  4. 4 Signal Hill Elem School 65.2/100
  5. 5 Jefferson Elem School 64.7/100

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Which Belleville school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Signal Hill Elem School has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Belleville schools in this federal-data comparison at 57/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Belleville, IL? ▼

Belleville has 20 public schools with a total enrollment of 11,171 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 14.2:1.

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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.