NCES CCD 2024-25 5 schools IL

Best-Resourced Schools in Markham, IL

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5 public K-12 schools in Markham 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
1,630
Students
24.4/100
Avg Resource Index
18.2:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

One campus shapes the city average

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Markham has more public-school enrollment than 7% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Prairie-Hills Junior High School enrolls 47.0% of Markham's public-school students. That is enough concentration for one institution to pull the citywide enrollment, staffing, and Resource Index averages toward its own profile. The smaller campuses below should therefore be compared directly rather than inferred from the headline mean; their grade configurations and program footprints can be materially different even inside the same district.

Combined-grade campuses shape the local portfolio

3 of Markham's 5 listed schools use NCES's combined or “other” grade-level classification. Citywide averages therefore blend campuses serving unusually broad or nonstandard grade spans with conventional elementary, middle, and high schools. Grade configuration is a first-order comparison here, not a minor label.

A small portfolio contains radically different campus scales

Markham lists only 5 schools, yet reported enrollment runs from 4 to 766 students, a 192-fold range. In a portfolio this compact, the smallest record may be a specialized or nonstandard setting rather than a miniature version of the largest campus. That distinction affects how ratios and program fields should be read. Compare similarly configured grade levels first; combining the extremes into one city average conceals more than it explains.

City enrollment
Top 93%
School count
Top 99%
Resource Index average
3rd percentile
Teacher staffing
24th percentile

Prairie-Hills Junior High School accounts for 47.0% of all Markham public-school enrollment

That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Markham a distant remainder — means Markham-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

Markham school enrollment varies 192× across entities

Markham school enrollment ranges from 4 students (lowest) to 766 students (highest), a spread of 762 students. That ratio is an extreme outlier spread — among the widest gaps observed anywhere in this dataset. 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

Markham student-teacher ratio is 18.2:1 — high (typically associated with larger urban scale or staffing constraints that have widened the headcount gap)

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 Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

# School Score
1. Primary Learning Center 63
2. Markham Park Elem School 23
3. Barack H Obama Learning Academy 19
4. Prairie-Hills Junior High School 17
5. Prairie-Hills Steam Academy -

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Markham

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 Primary Learning Center 50.0/100
  2. 2 Markham Park Elem School 45.3/100
  3. 3 Prairie-Hills Junior High School 37.2/100
  4. 4 Barack H Obama Learning Academy 37.1/100
  5. 5 Prairie-Hills Steam Academy 33.9/100

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Which Markham school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Primary Learning Center has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Markham schools in this federal-data comparison at 63/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Markham, IL? ▼

Markham has 5 public schools with a total enrollment of 1,630 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 18.2:1.

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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.