NCES CCD 2024-25 5 schools IL

Best-Resourced Schools in Morton Grove, IL

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

5 public K-12 schools in Morton Grove 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

2,516

Students

46.8/100

Avg Resource Index

13.6:1

Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

One campus shapes the city average

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Morton Grove has more public-school enrollment than 21% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Park View Elem School enrolls 35.2% of Morton Grove'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

2 of Morton Grove'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.

Campus spread matters more than the city mean

The 14-point gap between Thomas Edison Elem School and Melzer School shows the range hidden by Morton Grove'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 79%
School count: Top 99%
Resource Index average: 77th percentile
Teacher staffing: 72nd percentile

Park View Elem School accounts for 35.2% of all Morton Grove public-school enrollment

That dominant concentration means Morton Grove-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: Combined. 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

Morton Grove school enrollment varies 2.9× across entities

Morton Grove school enrollment ranges from 306 students (lowest) to 885 students (highest), a spread of 579 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

Morton Grove 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.	Thomas Edison Elem School	56	605	elementary	Skokie Sd 69
2.	Park View Elem School	48	885	Combined	Morton Grove Sd 70
3.	Hynes Elem School	44	325	Combined	Golf Esd 67
4.	Golf Middle School	44	306	elementary	Golf Esd 67
5.	Melzer School	42	395	elementary	East Maine Sd 63

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Morton Grove

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 Morton Grove school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Thomas Edison Elem School has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Morton Grove schools in this federal-data comparison at 56/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Morton Grove, IL? ▼

Morton Grove has 5 public schools with a total enrollment of 2,516 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.