NCES CCD 2024-25 9 schools IL

Best-Resourced Schools in Dolton, IL

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

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9
Schools
2,805
Students
28.6/100
Avg Resource Index
12.8:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Lean reported-resource profile

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Dolton has more public-school enrollment than 26% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Dolton'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

Dolton's list includes 4 elementary, 2 middle, and 1 high-school campus, plus 2 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.

The composite and staffing measures point in different directions

Dolton's average Resource Investment Index sits at the 10th percentile, while its teacher-staffing measure sits at the 81st percentile. The 71-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 74%
School count
Top 46%
Resource Index average
10th percentile
Teacher staffing
81st percentile

Thornridge High School accounts for 34.5% of all Dolton public-school enrollment

That dominant concentration means Dolton-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

Dolton school enrollment varies 7.5× across entities

Dolton school enrollment ranges from 130 students (lowest) to 969 students (highest), a spread of 839 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

Dolton student-teacher ratio is 12.8:1 — 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

# School Score
1. Early Childhood Cntr 37
2. Thornridge High School 32
3. Roosevelt Junior High School 31
4. Franklin Elementary School 28
5. Diekman Elem School 27
6. Lincoln Junior High School 27
7. Lincoln Elementary School 26
8. Roosevelt Elem School 26
9. Berger-Vandenberg Elem School 23

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Which Dolton school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Early Childhood Cntr has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Dolton schools in this federal-data comparison at 37/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Dolton, IL? ▼

Dolton has 9 public schools with a total enrollment of 2,805 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 12.8:1.

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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.