NCES CCD 2024-25 12 schools IL

Best-Resourced Schools in Chicago Heights, IL

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12 public K-12 schools in Chicago Heights 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
5,368
Students
30.6/100
Avg Resource Index
14.2:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Lean reported-resource profile

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

Combined-grade campuses shape the local portfolio

5 of Chicago Heights's 12 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.

The composite and staffing measures point in different directions

Chicago Heights's average Resource Investment Index sits at the 13th percentile, while its teacher-staffing measure sits at the 65th percentile. The 52-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 41%
School count
Top 31%
Resource Index average
13th percentile
Teacher staffing
65th percentile

Bloom High School accounts for 34.0% of all Chicago Heights public-school enrollment

That dominant concentration means Chicago Heights-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

Chicago Heights school enrollment varies 22× across entities

Chicago Heights school enrollment ranges from 84 students (lowest) to 1,823 students (highest), a spread of 1,739 students. That spread is wider than typical and predicts noticeable gaps in service quality between the highest and lowest areas. 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

Chicago Heights 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 Chicago Heights is typically wider than the Chicago Heights-aggregate figure suggests.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

# School Score
1. Serena Hills Elem School 47
2. Lincoln Elem School 45
3. Greenbriar Elem School 42
4. Bloom High School 33
5. Barack Obama Sch of Ldership 33
6. Bloom Trail High School 30
7. Garfield Elem School 29
8. Washington-Mckinley Elem Sch 27
9. Wilson Elem School 24
10. Roosevelt Elem School 21
11. Jefferson Elem School 21
12. Kennedy Elem School 15

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Chicago Heights

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 Serena Hills Elem School 61.4/100
  2. 2 Bloom Trail High School 55.6/100
  3. 3 Bloom High School 52.8/100
  4. 4 Wilson Elem School 49.4/100
  5. 5 Greenbriar Elem School 48.8/100

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Which Chicago Heights school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Serena Hills Elem School has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Chicago Heights schools in this federal-data comparison at 47/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Chicago Heights, IL? ▼

Chicago Heights has 12 public schools with a total enrollment of 5,368 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.