NCES CCD 2024-25 6 schools IL

Best-Resourced Schools in Metropolis, IL

Compiled from official source data by PlainSchools. · Updated August 2026

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

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Schools

1,669

Students

36/100

Avg Resource Index

13.6:1

Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Lean reported-resource profile

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Metropolis has more public-school enrollment than 8% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Metropolis'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.

A full K–12 ladder sits inside the city boundary

Metropolis's list includes 2 elementary, 1 middle, and 1 high-school campus, plus 2 combined-grade records. The city average spans every major grade stage, so the ranked table is more informative when read within level than as one interchangeable queue.

The composite and staffing measures point in different directions

Metropolis's average Resource Investment Index sits at the 28th percentile, while its teacher-staffing measure sits at the 72nd percentile. The 44-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 92%
School count: Top 79%
Resource Index average: 28th percentile
Teacher staffing: 72nd percentile

Massac County High School accounts for 30.7% of all Metropolis public-school enrollment

That dominant concentration means Metropolis-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 Accessed 2026-08-26

Metropolis school enrollment varies 4.5× across entities

Metropolis school enrollment ranges from 114 students (lowest) to 512 students (highest), a spread of 398 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 Accessed 2026-08-26

Metropolis student-teacher ratio is 13.6:1 — 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 Accessed 2026-08-26

#	School	Score	Enrollment	Level	District
1.	Franklin Elem School	44	155	elementary	Massac Ud 1
2.	Maple Grove Elem School	43	122	Combined	Joppa-Maple Grove Ud 38
3.	Jefferson Elem School	39	114	elementary	Massac Ud 1
4.	Massac County High School	33	512	high	Massac Ud 1
5.	Massac Jr High School	31	309	middle	Massac Ud 1
6.	Metropolis Elem School	26	457	Combined	Massac Ud 1

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Metropolis

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.

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Which Metropolis school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Franklin Elem School has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Metropolis 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 Metropolis, IL? ▼

Metropolis has 6 public schools with a total enrollment of 1,669 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 13.6:1.

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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.