NCES CCD 2024-25 6 schools IL

Best-Resourced Schools in Gurnee, IL

Compiled from official source data by PlainSchools. · Updated August 2026

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

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Schools

7,439

Students

44.7/100

Avg Resource Index

12.2:1

Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

One campus shapes the city average

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Gurnee has more public-school enrollment than 71% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Warren Township High School enrolls 47.5% of Gurnee'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

Gurnee's list includes 2 elementary, 2 middle, and 1 high-school campus, plus 1 combined-grade record. The city average spans every major grade stage, so the ranked table is more informative when read within level than as one interchangeable queue.

Campus spread matters more than the city mean

The 20-point gap between Woodland Middle School and Spaulding Elementary School shows the range hidden by Gurnee'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 29%
School count: Top 79%
Resource Index average: 69th percentile
Teacher staffing: 87th percentile

Warren Township High School accounts for 47.5% of all Gurnee public-school enrollment

That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Gurnee a distant remainder — means Gurnee-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 Accessed 2026-08-26

Gurnee school enrollment varies 7.9× across entities

Gurnee school enrollment ranges from 450 students (lowest) to 3,537 students (highest), a spread of 3,087 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 Accessed 2026-08-26

Gurnee student-teacher ratio is 12.2:1 — 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 Accessed 2026-08-26

#	School	Score	Enrollment	Level	District
1.	Woodland Middle School	54	1,541	middle	Woodland Ccsd 50
2.	Woodland Intermediate Sch	53	979	elementary	Woodland Ccsd 50
3.	River Trail School	48	471	elementary	Gurnee Sd 56
4.	Viking School	43	461	middle	Gurnee Sd 56
5.	Warren Township High School	36	3,537	high	Warren Twp Hsd 121
6.	Spaulding Elementary School	34	450	Combined	Gurnee Sd 56

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Gurnee

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.

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Which Gurnee school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Woodland Middle School has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Gurnee schools in this federal-data comparison at 54/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Gurnee, IL? ▼

Gurnee has 6 public schools with a total enrollment of 7,439 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 12.2:1.

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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.