NCES CCD 2024-25 5 schools IL

Best-Resourced Schools in Marengo, IL

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5 public K-12 schools in Marengo 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
2,054
Students
41.6/100
Avg Resource Index
15.3:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Middle-of-corpus city profile

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Marengo has more public-school enrollment than 13% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Marengo sits in the broad middle of the national city distribution rather than at a single obvious extreme. Its scale, average Resource Investment Index, and staffing position need to be read together: a middle placement on one measure does not cancel a stronger or weaker result on another. The percentile panel makes those dimensions explicit, and the school table shows where the city aggregate breaks into materially different campus profiles.

A full K–12 ladder sits inside the city boundary

Marengo'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 12-point gap between Marengo High School and Locust Elem School shows the range hidden by Marengo'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
53rd percentile
Teacher staffing
51st percentile

Marengo High School accounts for 33.3% of all Marengo public-school enrollment

That dominant concentration means Marengo-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

Marengo school enrollment varies 2.8× across entities

Marengo school enrollment ranges from 249 students (lowest) to 685 students (highest), a spread of 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

Marengo student-teacher ratio is 15.3:1 — 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 Marengo is typically wider than the Marengo-aggregate figure suggests.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

# School Score
1. Marengo High School 49
2. Riley Comm Cons School 45
3. Ulysses S Grant Intermediate Sch 40
4. Locust Elem School 37
5. Marengo Comm Middle School 37

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Marengo

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 Locust Elem School 55.1/100
  2. 2 Ulysses S Grant Intermediate Sch 53.0/100
  3. 3 Marengo Comm Middle School 50.6/100
  4. 4 Marengo High School 46.3/100
  5. 5 Riley Comm Cons School 43.6/100

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Which Marengo school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Marengo High School has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Marengo schools in this federal-data comparison at 49/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Marengo, IL? ▼

Marengo has 5 public schools with a total enrollment of 2,054 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 15.3:1.

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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.