NCES CCD 2024-25 5 schools IL

Best-Resourced Schools in Lake in the Hills, IL

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

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5
Schools
3,615
Students
48.4/100
Avg Resource Index
13.9:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Broad resource and staffing advantage

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Lake in the Hills has more public-school enrollment than 38% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Lake in the Hills 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

3 of Lake in the Hills's 5 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 0 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 26-point gap between Martin Elementary School and Lake in the Hills Elem School shows the range hidden by Lake in the Hills'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 62%
School count
Top 99%
Resource Index average
82nd percentile
Teacher staffing
68th percentile

Marlowe Middle School accounts for 33.6% of all Lake in the Hills public-school enrollment

That dominant concentration means Lake in the Hills-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: Middle. 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

Lake in the Hills school enrollment varies 2.5× across entities

Lake in the Hills school enrollment ranges from 479 students (lowest) to 1,215 students (highest), a spread of 736 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

Lake in the Hills student-teacher ratio is 13.9:1 — 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. Martin Elementary School 61
2. Chesak Elementary School 58
3. Marlowe Middle School 47
4. Lincoln Prairie Elem School 41
5. Lake in the Hills Elem School 35

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Lake in the Hills

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 Lincoln Prairie Elem School 63.0/100
  2. 2 Lake in the Hills Elem School 57.2/100
  3. 3 Martin Elementary School 53.2/100
  4. 4 Chesak Elementary School 51.8/100
  5. 5 Marlowe Middle School 50.2/100

What do families ask about schools in Lake in the Hills?

Which Lake in the Hills school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Martin Elementary School has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Lake in the Hills schools in this federal-data comparison at 61/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Lake in the Hills, IL? ▼

Lake in the Hills has 5 public schools with a total enrollment of 3,615 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 13.9:1.

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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.