NCES CCD 2024-25 12 schools IL

Best-Resourced Schools in Buffalo Grove, IL

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

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12
Schools
8,330
Students
52.5/100
Avg Resource Index
14.5:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Middle-of-corpus city profile

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Buffalo Grove has more public-school enrollment than 75% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Buffalo Grove sits in the broad middle of the national city distribution rather than at a single obvious extreme. Its scale, average Resource Investment Index, and staffing position need to be read together: a middle placement on one measure does not cancel a stronger or weaker result on another. The percentile panel makes those dimensions explicit, and the school table shows where the city aggregate breaks into materially different campus profiles.

A full K–12 ladder sits inside the city boundary

Buffalo Grove's list includes 5 elementary, 3 middle, and 1 high-school campus, plus 3 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.

Campus spread matters more than the city mean

The 24-point gap between Aptakisic Junior High School and Twin Groves Middle School shows the range hidden by Buffalo Grove'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 31%
Resource Index average
92nd percentile
Teacher staffing
61st percentile

Buffalo Grove High School accounts for 24.3% of all Buffalo Grove public-school enrollment

That concentration means Buffalo Grove-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

Buffalo Grove school enrollment varies 5.6× across entities

Buffalo Grove school enrollment ranges from 360 students (lowest) to 2,021 students (highest), a spread of 1,661 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

Buffalo Grove student-teacher ratio is 14.5:1 — 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 Buffalo Grove is typically wider than the Buffalo Grove-aggregate figure suggests.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

# School Score
1. Aptakisic Junior High School 62
2. Meridian School 61
3. Henry W Longfellow Elem School 60
4. Earl Pritchett School 60
5. Tripp School 58
6. Cooper Middle School 57
7. Ivy Hall Elementary School 51
8. Willow Grove Early Learning Ctr 47
9. Buffalo Grove High School 46
10. Joyce Kilmer Elem School 46
11. Prairie Elementary School 44
12. Twin Groves Middle School 38

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Buffalo Grove

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 Joyce Kilmer Elem School 64.6/100
  2. 2 Tripp School 61.1/100
  3. 3 Buffalo Grove High School 60.8/100
  4. 4 Willow Grove Early Learning Ctr 60.7/100
  5. 5 Ivy Hall Elementary School 60.5/100

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Which Buffalo Grove school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Aptakisic Junior High School has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Buffalo Grove schools in this federal-data comparison at 62/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Buffalo Grove, IL? ▼

Buffalo Grove has 12 public schools with a total enrollment of 8,330 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 14.5:1.

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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.