NCES CCD 2024-25 9 schools IL

Best-Resourced Schools in Frankfort, IL

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9 public K-12 schools in Frankfort 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
7,379
Students
40.6/100
Avg Resource Index
14:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

One campus shapes the city average

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Frankfort has more public-school enrollment than 71% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Lincoln-Way East High School enrolls 36.5% of Frankfort's public-school students. That is enough concentration for one institution to pull the citywide enrollment, staffing, and Resource Index averages toward its own profile. The smaller campuses below should therefore be compared directly rather than inferred from the headline mean; their grade configurations and program footprints can be materially different even inside the same district.

A full K–12 ladder sits inside the city boundary

Frankfort'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.

A small portfolio contains radically different campus scales

Frankfort lists only 9 schools, yet reported enrollment runs from 147 to 2,696 students, a 18-fold range. In a portfolio this compact, the smallest record may be a specialized or nonstandard setting rather than a miniature version of the largest campus. That distinction affects how ratios and program fields should be read. Compare similarly configured grade levels first; combining the extremes into one city average conceals more than it explains.

City enrollment
Top 29%
School count
Top 46%
Resource Index average
48th percentile
Teacher staffing
67th percentile

Lincoln-Way East High School accounts for 36.5% of all Frankfort public-school enrollment

That dominant concentration means Frankfort-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

Frankfort school enrollment varies 18× across entities

Frankfort school enrollment ranges from 147 students (lowest) to 2,696 students (highest), a spread of 2,549 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

Frankfort student-teacher ratio is 14.0:1 — 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 Frankfort is typically wider than the Frankfort-aggregate figure suggests.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

# School Score
1. Dr Julian Rogus School 47
2. Hickory Creek Middle School 46
3. Chelsea Elem School 46
4. Grand Prairie Elementary School 46
5. Indian Trail Elem School 42
6. Summit Hill Junior High School 38
7. Lincoln-Way East High School 36
8. Frankfort Square Elem School 35
9. Peotone Intermediate Center 29

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Frankfort

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 Indian Trail Elem School 54.3/100
  2. 2 Lincoln-Way East High School 48.8/100
  3. 3 Hickory Creek Middle School 48.1/100
  4. 4 Summit Hill Junior High School 47.0/100
  5. 5 Dr Julian Rogus School 46.8/100

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Which Frankfort school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Dr Julian Rogus School has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Frankfort 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 Frankfort, IL? ▼

Frankfort has 9 public schools with a total enrollment of 7,379 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 14:1.

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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.