NCES CCD 2024-25 12 schools IL

Best-Resourced Schools in Calumet City, IL

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12 public K-12 schools in Calumet City 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
5,364
Students
26.6/100
Avg Resource Index
19.4:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Lean reported-resource profile

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Calumet City has more public-school enrollment than 59% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Calumet City'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

Calumet City's list includes 3 elementary, 5 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 31-point gap between Creative Communications Acad and Caroline Sibley Elem School shows the range hidden by Calumet City'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 41%
School count
Top 31%
Resource Index average
6th percentile
Teacher staffing
18th percentile

Thornton Fractnl No High School accounts for 26.6% of all Calumet City public-school enrollment

That concentration means Calumet City-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

Calumet City school enrollment varies 6.4× across entities

Calumet City school enrollment ranges from 224 students (lowest) to 1,425 students (highest), a spread of 1,201 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

Calumet City operates 5 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

Calumet City student-teacher ratio is 19.4:1 — high (typically associated with larger urban scale or staffing constraints that have widened the headcount gap)

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 Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

# School Score
1. Creative Communications Acad 44
2. Thornton Fractnl No High School 34
3. Carol Moseley Braun School 31
4. Schrum Memorial School 30
5. Wentworth Jr High School 29
6. S T E M Academy 28
7. Hoover Elem School 27
8. Wentworth Intermediate School 23
9. Wilson Elementary School 21
10. School of Fine Arts 21
11. Lincoln Elem School 18
12. Caroline Sibley Elem School 13

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Calumet City

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 Wentworth Intermediate School 53.5/100
  2. 2 Wentworth Jr High School 53.4/100
  3. 3 Wilson Elementary School 52.1/100
  4. 4 Lincoln Elem School 51.9/100
  5. 5 Thornton Fractnl No High School 48.3/100

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Which Calumet City school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Creative Communications Acad has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Calumet City schools in this federal-data comparison at 44/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Calumet City, IL? ▼

Calumet City has 12 public schools with a total enrollment of 5,364 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 19.4:1.

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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.