NCES CCD 2024-25 5 schools IL

Best-Resourced Schools in Macomb, IL

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5 public K-12 schools in Macomb 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
2,075
Students
28.6/100
Avg Resource Index
17.9:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Compact, single-district system

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Macomb has more public-school enrollment than 13% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Macomb's 5 listed schools all sit inside one district, creating a compact governance structure with one budget, board, and reporting chain. That makes citywide comparisons cleaner than in places split across several districts, but it does not make the campuses interchangeable: elementary, middle, and high-school staffing needs differ. The ranked list is best read as variation inside one system rather than competition among separate local authorities.

A full K–12 ladder sits inside the city boundary

Macomb's list includes 2 elementary, 1 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 29-point gap between Edison Elementary School and Macarthur Early Childhood Center shows the range hidden by Macomb'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 87%
School count
Top 99%
Resource Index average
10th percentile
Teacher staffing
26th percentile

Macomb Senior High School accounts for 31.8% of all Macomb public-school enrollment

That dominant concentration means Macomb-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

Macomb school enrollment varies 5.2× across entities

Macomb school enrollment ranges from 127 students (lowest) to 660 students (highest), a spread of 533 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

Macomb operates one school district — a single-district system

Macomb'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

Macomb student-teacher ratio is 17.9:1 — 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 Macomb is typically wider than the Macomb-aggregate figure suggests.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

# School Score
1. Edison Elementary School 44
2. Lincoln Elem School 31
3. Macomb Junior High School 27
4. Macomb Senior High School 26
5. Macarthur Early Childhood Center 15

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Macomb

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 Elem School 57.2/100
  2. 2 Macarthur Early Childhood Center 55.6/100
  3. 3 Edison Elementary School 50.2/100
  4. 4 Macomb Junior High School 48.2/100
  5. 5 Macomb Senior High School 44.4/100

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Which Macomb school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Edison Elementary School has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Macomb schools in this federal-data comparison at 44/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Macomb, IL? ▼

Macomb has 5 public schools with a total enrollment of 2,075 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 17.9:1.

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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.