NCES CCD 2024-25 14 schools IL

Best-Resourced Schools in Elmhurst, IL

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

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14
Schools
8,429
Students
60.9/100
Avg Resource Index
13.3:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Broad resource and staffing advantage

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Elmhurst has more public-school enrollment than 75% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Elmhurst 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

8 of Elmhurst's 14 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 3 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 43-point gap between Field Elem School and Early Childhood shows the range hidden by Elmhurst'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 25%
School count
Top 25%
Resource Index average
99th percentile
Teacher staffing
76th percentile

York Comm High School accounts for 30.7% of all Elmhurst public-school enrollment

That dominant concentration means Elmhurst-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

Elmhurst school enrollment varies 17× across entities

Elmhurst school enrollment ranges from 149 students (lowest) to 2,590 students (highest), a spread of 2,441 students. That spread reflects typical urban portfolio variation between specialty programs and large neighbourhood schools. 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

Elmhurst student-teacher ratio is 13.3:1 — 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. Field Elem School 78
2. Edison Elem School 77
3. Jefferson Elem School 68
4. Hawthorne Elem School 67
5. Churchville Middle School 66
6. Emerson Elem School 66
7. Jackson Elem School 66
8. Sandburg Middle School 63
9. Bryan Middle School 62
10. Lincoln Elem School 60
11. Conrad Fischer Elem School 57
12. Salt Creek Elem School 48
13. York Comm High School 39
14. Early Childhood 35

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Elmhurst

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 Churchville Middle School 62.4/100
  2. 2 Early Childhood 61.4/100
  3. 3 Conrad Fischer Elem School 59.9/100
  4. 4 Salt Creek Elem School 56.3/100
  5. 5 Field Elem School 56.1/100

What do families ask about schools in Elmhurst?

Which Elmhurst school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Field Elem School has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Elmhurst schools in this federal-data comparison at 78/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Elmhurst, IL? ▼

Elmhurst has 14 public schools with a total enrollment of 8,429 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 13.3:1.

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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.