NCES CCD 2024-25 5 schools IL

Best-Resourced Schools in Clinton, IL

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

5 public K-12 schools in Clinton 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

1,765

Students

32.6/100

Avg Resource Index

12.7:1

Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Compact, single-district system

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Clinton has more public-school enrollment than 9% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Clinton's 5 listed schools all sit inside one district, creating a compact governance structure with one budget, board, and reporting chain. That makes citywide comparisons cleaner than in places split across several districts, but it does not make the campuses interchangeable: elementary, middle, and high-school staffing needs differ. The ranked list is best read as variation inside one system rather than competition among separate local authorities.

Combined-grade campuses shape the local portfolio

2 of Clinton's 5 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

Clinton's average Resource Investment Index sits at the 18th percentile, while its teacher-staffing measure sits at the 82nd percentile. The 64-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 91%
School count: Top 99%
Resource Index average: 18th percentile
Teacher staffing: 82nd percentile

Clinton High School accounts for 29.1% of all Clinton public-school enrollment

That dominant concentration means Clinton-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

Clinton school enrollment varies 2.9× across entities

Clinton school enrollment ranges from 177 students (lowest) to 514 students (highest), a spread of 337 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 Accessed 2026-08-26

Clinton operates one school district — a single-district system

Clinton's listed schools share one district boundary, budget authority, and reporting chain. That makes citywide and districtwide governance easier to compare, but it does not make individual campuses uniform: grade configuration, staffing, programs, and student need can still vary materially within the same school district.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data Accessed 2026-08-26

Clinton student-teacher ratio is 12.7:1 — 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.	Clinton High School	40	514	high	Clinton Cusd 15
2.	Lincoln Elem School	33	183	Combined	Clinton Cusd 15
3.	Clinton Elem School	32	506	elementary	Clinton Cusd 15
4.	Douglas Elem School	31	177	Combined	Clinton Cusd 15
5.	Clinton Jr High School	27	385	middle	Clinton Cusd 15

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Clinton

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 Clinton school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Clinton High School has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Clinton schools in this federal-data comparison at 40/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Clinton, IL? ▼

Clinton has 5 public schools with a total enrollment of 1,765 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 12.7:1.

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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.