NCES CCD 2024-25 10 schools IL

Best-Resourced Schools in Carpentersville, IL

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

10 public K-12 schools in Carpentersville 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

7,161

Students

37.4/100

Avg Resource Index

13.1:1

Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

One campus shapes the city average

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Carpentersville has more public-school enrollment than 70% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Dundee-Crown High School enrolls 35.9% of Carpentersville's public-school students. That is enough concentration for one institution to pull the citywide enrollment, staffing, and Resource Index averages toward its own profile. The smaller campuses below should therefore be compared directly rather than inferred from the headline mean; their grade configurations and program footprints can be materially different even inside the same district.

Combined-grade campuses shape the local portfolio

4 of Carpentersville's 10 listed schools use NCES's combined or “other” grade-level classification. Citywide averages therefore blend campuses serving unusually broad or nonstandard grade spans with conventional elementary, middle, and high schools. Grade configuration is a first-order comparison here, not a minor label.

A small portfolio contains radically different campus scales

Carpentersville lists only 10 schools, yet reported enrollment runs from 210 to 2,573 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 30%
School count: Top 41%
Resource Index average: 34th percentile
Teacher staffing: 78th percentile

Dundee-Crown High School accounts for 35.9% of all Carpentersville public-school enrollment

That dominant concentration means Carpentersville-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

Carpentersville school enrollment varies 12× across entities

Carpentersville school enrollment ranges from 210 students (lowest) to 2,573 students (highest), a spread of 2,363 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

Carpentersville student-teacher ratio is 13.1:1 — 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.	Sunny Hill Elem School	59	245	elementary	Barrington Cusd 220
2.	Delacey Family Educ Ctr	47	210	Combined	Cusd 300
3.	Dundee-Crown High School	43	2,573	high	Cusd 300
4.	Liberty Elementary School	42	749	Combined	Cusd 300
5.	Golfview Elem School	35	401	elementary	Cusd 300
6.	Carpentersville Middle School	33	1,142	middle	Cusd 300
7.	Parkview Elementary School	32	552	Combined	Cusd 300
8.	Perry Elementary School	32	278	elementary	Cusd 300
9.	Lakewood School	28	590	Combined	Cusd 300
10.	Meadowdale Elem School	23	421	elementary	Cusd 300

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Carpentersville

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 Carpentersville school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Sunny Hill Elem School has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Carpentersville schools in this federal-data comparison at 59/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Carpentersville, IL? ▼

Carpentersville has 10 public schools with a total enrollment of 7,161 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 13.1:1.

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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.