NCES CCD 2024-25 13 schools IL

Best-Resourced Schools in Hoffman Estates, IL

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

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13
Schools
10,083
Students
49.2/100
Avg Resource Index
13.7:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Broad resource and staffing advantage

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Hoffman Estates has more public-school enrollment than 80% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Hoffman Estates 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

7 of Hoffman Estates's 13 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 1 middle and 2 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 30-point gap between Lincoln Prairie School and Lincoln Elementary School shows the range hidden by Hoffman Estates'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 20%
School count
Top 28%
Resource Index average
85th percentile
Teacher staffing
71st percentile

J B Conant High School accounts for 26.1% of all Hoffman Estates public-school enrollment

That concentration means Hoffman Estates-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

Hoffman Estates school enrollment varies 7.6× across entities

Hoffman Estates school enrollment ranges from 348 students (lowest) to 2,633 students (highest), a spread of 2,285 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

Hoffman Estates student-teacher ratio is 13.7:1 — 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. Lincoln Prairie School 65
2. Frank C Whiteley Elem School 59
3. Macarthur Intrntl Spanish Acad 55
4. Thomas Jefferson Elem School 54
5. J B Conant High School 53
6. Hoffman Estates High School 52
7. John Muir Literacy Academy 52
8. Fairview Elem School 48
9. Lakeview Elem School 44
10. Neil Armstrong Elem School 43
11. Dwight D Eisenhower Jhs 40
12. Timber Trails Elementary School 39
13. Lincoln Elementary School 35

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Hoffman Estates

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 John Muir Literacy Academy 76.1/100
  2. 2 Hoffman Estates High School 73.4/100
  3. 3 Dwight D Eisenhower Jhs 72.1/100
  4. 4 Neil Armstrong Elem School 71.1/100
  5. 5 Lincoln Prairie School 70.0/100

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Which Hoffman Estates school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Lincoln Prairie School has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Hoffman Estates schools in this federal-data comparison at 65/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Hoffman Estates, IL? ▼

Hoffman Estates has 13 public schools with a total enrollment of 10,083 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 13.7:1.

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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.