NCES CCD 2024-25 10 schools IL

Best-Resourced Schools in O Fallon, IL

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

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10
Schools
7,031
Students
35.8/100
Avg Resource Index
17.8:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

One campus shapes the city average

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, O Fallon has more public-school enrollment than 69% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. O Fallon High School enrolls 36.1% of O Fallon'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

5 of O Fallon's 10 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 20-point gap between J Emmett Hinchcliffe Sr Elem Sch and Joseph Arthur Middle School shows the range hidden by O Fallon'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 31%
School count
Top 41%
Resource Index average
28th percentile
Teacher staffing
27th percentile

O Fallon High School accounts for 36.1% of all O Fallon public-school enrollment

That dominant concentration means O Fallon-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

O Fallon school enrollment varies 8.5× across entities

O Fallon school enrollment ranges from 299 students (lowest) to 2,540 students (highest), a spread of 2,241 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

O Fallon student-teacher ratio is 17.8:1 — 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 O Fallon is typically wider than the O Fallon-aggregate figure suggests.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

# School Score
1. J Emmett Hinchcliffe Sr Elem Sch 46
2. Delores Moye Elem School 43
3. Estelle Kampmeyer Elem School 38
4. Fulton Jr High School 37
5. Central Elem School 37
6. O Fallon High School 36
7. Marie Schaefer Elem School 36
8. Amelia V Carriel Jr High 32
9. Laverna Evans Elem School 27
10. Joseph Arthur Middle School 26

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in O Fallon

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 Central Elem School 71.2/100
  2. 2 Joseph Arthur Middle School 70.6/100
  3. 3 Laverna Evans Elem School 64.0/100
  4. 4 Marie Schaefer Elem School 59.4/100
  5. 5 O Fallon High School 59.0/100

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Which O Fallon school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

J Emmett Hinchcliffe Sr Elem Sch has the highest Resource Investment Index among the O Fallon schools in this federal-data comparison at 46/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in O Fallon, IL? ▼

O Fallon has 10 public schools with a total enrollment of 7,031 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 17.8:1.

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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.