NCES CCD 2024-25 5 schools IL

Best-Resourced Schools in Pontiac, IL

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

5 public K-12 schools in Pontiac 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

1,793

Students

38.2/100

Avg Resource Index

12.1:1

Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

One campus shapes the city average

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Pontiac has more public-school enrollment than 9% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Pontiac High School enrolls 36.7% of Pontiac'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.

A full K–12 ladder sits inside the city boundary

Pontiac's list includes 2 elementary, 1 middle, and 1 high-school campus, plus 1 combined-grade record. 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

Pontiac's average Resource Investment Index sits at the 38th percentile, while its teacher-staffing measure sits at the 88th percentile. The 50-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 91%
School count: Top 99%
Resource Index average: 38th percentile
Teacher staffing: 88th percentile

Pontiac High School accounts for 36.7% of all Pontiac public-school enrollment

That dominant concentration means Pontiac-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

Pontiac school enrollment varies 3.0× across entities

Pontiac school enrollment ranges from 221 students (lowest) to 658 students (highest), a spread of 437 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

Pontiac student-teacher ratio is 12.1:1 — 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.	Pontiac High School	46	658	high	Pontiac Twp Hsd 90
2.	Pontiac Jr High School	42	326	middle	Pontiac Ccsd 429
3.	Washington Elem School	36	221	elementary	Pontiac Ccsd 429
4.	Central Elem School	35	361	Combined	Pontiac Ccsd 429
5.	Lincoln Elementary School	32	227	elementary	Pontiac Ccsd 429

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Pontiac

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 Pontiac school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Pontiac High School has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Pontiac 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 Pontiac, IL? ▼

Pontiac has 5 public schools with a total enrollment of 1,793 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 12.1:1.

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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.