NCES CCD 2024-25 6 schools IL

Best-Resourced Schools in Melrose Park, IL

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

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6
Schools
3,185
Students
32.7/100
Avg Resource Index
12.3:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Lean reported-resource profile

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Melrose Park has more public-school enrollment than 32% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Melrose Park's average Resource Investment Index falls in the lower portion of the 4,487-city comparison set. The index is a resource snapshot, not an academic grade: it reflects the federal staffing, counselor, gifted-program, and attendance fields available for local campuses. The most useful next step is to open the individual schools below and identify which component is pulling each score down, because the same city average can hide very different campus-level constraints.

The listed grade span is structurally narrow

Melrose Park's 6 listed schools do not form a conventional mix of elementary, middle, and high-school campuses. The missing or thin grade bands make all-school city averages less representative of a typical K–12 pathway; district boundaries and nearby-city options may matter more for the grades not well represented here.

The composite and staffing measures point in different directions

Melrose Park's average Resource Investment Index sits at the 18th percentile, while its teacher-staffing measure sits at the 86th percentile. The 68-point percentile gap is a reminder that the index is not a class-size score: counselors, gifted-program reporting, and attendance also affect it. Compare those components directly when two schools have similar index totals; the same headline score can arise from a different mix of reported resources.

City enrollment
Top 68%
School count
Top 79%
Resource Index average
18th percentile
Teacher staffing
86th percentile

Mannheim Middle School accounts for 24.1% of all Melrose Park public-school enrollment

That concentration means Melrose Park-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

Melrose Park school enrollment varies 2.1× across entities

Melrose Park school enrollment ranges from 363 students (lowest) to 768 students (highest), a spread of 405 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

Melrose Park student-teacher ratio is 12.3:1 — 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. Stevenson Middle School 39
2. Jane Addams Elem School 35
3. Grant Elem School 34
4. Melrose Park Elem School 30
5. Scott Elementary School 30
6. Mannheim Middle School 28

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Which Melrose Park school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Stevenson Middle School has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Melrose Park schools in this federal-data comparison at 39/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Melrose Park, IL? ▼

Melrose Park has 6 public schools with a total enrollment of 3,185 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 12.3:1.

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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.