NCES CCD 2024-25 6 schools IL

Best-Resourced Schools in Niles, IL

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

6 public K-12 schools in Niles 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

3,789

Students

36.3/100

Avg Resource Index

15.1:1

Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Lean reported-resource profile

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Niles has more public-school enrollment than 41% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Niles'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

Niles'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.

Campus spread matters more than the city mean

The 37-point gap between Clarence E Culver School and Jefferson School shows the range hidden by Niles'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 59%
School count: Top 79%
Resource Index average: 30th percentile
Teacher staffing: 53rd percentile

Gemini Middle School accounts for 29.3% of all Niles public-school enrollment

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

Niles school enrollment varies 7.2× across entities

Niles school enrollment ranges from 154 students (lowest) to 1,111 students (highest), a spread of 957 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

Niles student-teacher ratio is 15.1:1 — 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 Niles is typically wider than the Niles-aggregate figure suggests.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe Accessed 2026-08-26

#	School	Score	Enrollment	Level	District
1.	Clarence E Culver School	52	666	Combined	Niles Esd 71
2.	Emerson Middle School	49	890	middle	Park Ridge Ccsd 64
3.	Gemini Middle School	39	1,111	middle	East Maine Sd 63
4.	V H Nelson Elem School	35	479	elementary	East Maine Sd 63
5.	Mark Twain Elem School	28	489	elementary	East Maine Sd 63
6.	Jefferson School	15	154	Combined	Park Ridge Ccsd 64

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Niles

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 Niles school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Clarence E Culver School has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Niles schools in this federal-data comparison at 52/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Niles, IL? ▼

Niles has 6 public schools with a total enrollment of 3,789 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 15.1:1.

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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.