NCES CCD 2024-25 10 schools IL

Best-Resourced Schools in Highland Park, IL

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10 public K-12 schools in Highland Park 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
5,126
Students
59.2/100
Avg Resource Index
13:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Broad resource and staffing advantage

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Highland Park has more public-school enrollment than 56% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Highland Park 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 Highland Park'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 57-point gap between Ravinia Elem School and Green Bay School shows the range hidden by Highland Park'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 44%
School count
Top 41%
Resource Index average
98th percentile
Teacher staffing
79th percentile

Highland Park High School accounts for 32.4% of all Highland Park public-school enrollment

That dominant concentration means Highland Park-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

Highland Park school enrollment varies 7.4× across entities

Highland Park school enrollment ranges from 225 students (lowest) to 1,661 students (highest), a spread of 1,436 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

Highland Park student-teacher ratio is 13.0:1 — 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. Ravinia Elem School 72
2. Sherwood Elem School 69
3. Braeside Elem School 69
4. Red Oak Elem School 68
5. Northwood Middle School 65
6. Indian Trail Elem School 64
7. Wayne Thomas Elem School 64
8. Edgewood Middle School 59
9. Highland Park High School 47
10. Green Bay School 15

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Highland Park

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 Northwood Middle School 59.9/100
  2. 2 Red Oak Elem School 59.2/100
  3. 3 Highland Park High School 54.4/100
  4. 4 Wayne Thomas Elem School 41.8/100
  5. 5 Sherwood Elem School 34.8/100

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Which Highland Park school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Ravinia Elem School has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Highland Park schools in this federal-data comparison at 72/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Highland Park, IL? ▼

Highland Park has 10 public schools with a total enrollment of 5,126 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 13:1.

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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.