NCES CCD 2024-25 6 schools IL

Best-Resourced Schools in Cary, IL

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

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6
Schools
3,720
Students
48.7/100
Avg Resource Index
14.3:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

One campus shapes the city average

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Cary has more public-school enrollment than 40% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Cary-Grove Community High School enrolls 36.2% of Cary'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.

The school portfolio is elementary-weighted

3 of Cary's 6 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 1 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 18-point gap between Briargate Elem School and Oak Knoll Early Childhood Center shows the range hidden by Cary'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 60%
School count
Top 79%
Resource Index average
83rd percentile
Teacher staffing
63rd percentile

Cary-Grove Community High School accounts for 36.2% of all Cary public-school enrollment

That dominant concentration means Cary-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

Cary school enrollment varies 4.3× across entities

Cary school enrollment ranges from 316 students (lowest) to 1,348 students (highest), a spread of 1,032 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

Cary student-teacher ratio is 14.3:1 — 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 Cary is typically wider than the Cary-aggregate figure suggests.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

# School Score
1. Briargate Elem School 56
2. Three Oaks School 53
3. Cary Jr High School 52
4. Deer Path Elem School 52
5. Cary-Grove Community High School 41
6. Oak Knoll Early Childhood Center 38

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Cary

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 Three Oaks School 50.7/100
  2. 2 Cary Jr High School 45.4/100
  3. 3 Cary-Grove Community High School 42.6/100
  4. 4 Deer Path Elem School 41.6/100
  5. 5 Briargate Elem School 41.0/100

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Which Cary school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Briargate Elem School has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Cary schools in this federal-data comparison at 56/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Cary, IL? ▼

Cary has 6 public schools with a total enrollment of 3,720 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 14.3:1.

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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.