NCES CCD 2024-25 10 schools IL

Best-Resourced Schools in Elk Grove Village, IL

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

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10
Schools
6,174
Students
48.3/100
Avg Resource Index
12.9:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Broad resource and staffing advantage

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Elk Grove Village has more public-school enrollment than 64% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Elk Grove Village lands in the upper national tier on both the average Resource Investment Index and teacher staffing intensity. Those measures come from different inputs: the index combines reported counselors, gifted access, attendance, and staffing, while the staffing percentile compares the city's student-teacher ratio directly. Agreement across both measures is stronger evidence of broad reported capacity than either score alone, though neither is a test-score rating or a guarantee about an individual classroom.

The school portfolio is elementary-weighted

6 of Elk Grove Village's 10 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 2 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 21-point gap between Adolph Link Elem School and Grove Jr High School shows the range hidden by Elk Grove Village'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 36%
School count
Top 41%
Resource Index average
82nd percentile
Teacher staffing
80th percentile

Elk Grove High School accounts for 30.9% of all Elk Grove Village public-school enrollment

That dominant concentration means Elk Grove Village-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

Elk Grove Village school enrollment varies 7.3× across entities

Elk Grove Village school enrollment ranges from 261 students (lowest) to 1,906 students (highest), a spread of 1,645 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

Elk Grove Village student-teacher ratio is 12.9:1 — 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. Adolph Link Elem School 61
2. Ridge Family Center for Learning 58
3. Clearmont Elem School 52
4. Adlai Stevenson Elem School 51
5. Adm Richard E Byrd Elem School 50
6. Elk Grove High School 45
7. Rupley Elem School 44
8. Margaret Mead Jhs 42
9. Grove Jr High School 40
10. Salt Creek Elem School 40

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Elk Grove Village

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 Adlai Stevenson Elem School 70.5/100
  2. 2 Adolph Link Elem School 69.5/100
  3. 3 Margaret Mead Jhs 68.4/100
  4. 4 Ridge Family Center for Learning 63.0/100
  5. 5 Elk Grove High School 61.2/100

What do families ask about schools in Elk Grove Village?

Which Elk Grove Village school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Adolph Link Elem School has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Elk Grove Village schools in this federal-data comparison at 61/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Elk Grove Village, IL? ▼

Elk Grove Village has 10 public schools with a total enrollment of 6,174 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 12.9:1.

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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.