NCES CCD 2024-25 8 schools IL

Best-Resourced Schools in Freeport, IL

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

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8
Schools
3,703
Students
30/100
Avg Resource Index
14.9:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Lean reported-resource profile

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Freeport has more public-school enrollment than 40% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Freeport'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.

Combined-grade campuses shape the local portfolio

5 of Freeport's 8 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

Freeport's average Resource Investment Index sits at the 12th percentile, while its teacher-staffing measure sits at the 55th percentile. The 43-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 60%
School count
Top 54%
Resource Index average
12th percentile
Teacher staffing
55th percentile

Freeport High School accounts for 31.5% of all Freeport public-school enrollment

That dominant concentration means Freeport-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

Freeport school enrollment varies 4.4× across entities

Freeport school enrollment ranges from 262 students (lowest) to 1,165 students (highest), a spread of 903 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

Freeport operates one school district — a single-district system

Freeport'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

Freeport student-teacher ratio is 14.9:1 — 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 Freeport is typically wider than the Freeport-aggregate figure suggests.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

# School Score
1. Jones-Farrar Intl Baccalaureate 43
2. Carl Sandburg Middle Sch 36
3. Lincoln-Douglas Elementary School 35
4. Blackhawk Elem School 34
5. Freeport High School 30
6. Center Elem School 24
7. Empire Elem School 20
8. Freeport Middle School 18

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Freeport

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 Carl Sandburg Middle Sch 73.3/100
  2. 2 Freeport Middle School 71.4/100
  3. 3 Blackhawk Elem School 69.1/100
  4. 4 Empire Elem School 69.0/100
  5. 5 Center Elem School 69.0/100

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Which Freeport school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Jones-Farrar Intl Baccalaureate has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Freeport schools in this federal-data comparison at 43/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Freeport, IL? ▼

Freeport has 8 public schools with a total enrollment of 3,703 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 14.9:1.

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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.