NCES CCD 2024-25 6 schools IL

Best-Resourced Schools in Rantoul, IL

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

6 public K-12 schools in Rantoul 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

2,396

Students

28/100

Avg Resource Index

11.7:1

Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

One campus shapes the city average

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Rantoul has more public-school enrollment than 19% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Rantoul Twp High School enrolls 37.6% of Rantoul'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.

The school portfolio is elementary-weighted

3 of Rantoul's 6 listed schools are elementary campuses. That composition means citywide enrollment and staffing averages are influenced more by early-grade operating patterns than by the city's 1 middle and 1 high-school records. Families comparing later grades should rely on those individual rows rather than the all-school mean.

The composite and staffing measures point in different directions

Rantoul's average Resource Investment Index sits at the 8th percentile, while its teacher-staffing measure sits at the 90th percentile. The 82-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 81%
School count: Top 79%
Resource Index average: 8th percentile
Teacher staffing: 90th percentile

Rantoul Twp High School accounts for 37.6% of all Rantoul public-school enrollment

That dominant concentration means Rantoul-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 2026-08-11

Rantoul school enrollment varies 4.1× across entities

Rantoul school enrollment ranges from 218 students (lowest) to 901 students (highest), a spread of 683 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 2026-08-11

Rantoul student-teacher ratio is 11.7:1 — 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 2026-08-11

#	School	Score	Enrollment	Level	District
1.	Rantoul Twp High School	33	901	high	Rantoul Township Hsd 193
2.	Broadmeadow Elem School	29	231	elementary	Rantoul City Sd 137
3.	Northview Elem School	29	218	elementary	Rantoul City Sd 137
4.	Pleasant Acres Elem School	27	293	Combined	Rantoul City Sd 137
5.	Eastlawn Elem School	27	276	elementary	Rantoul City Sd 137
6.	J W Eater Jr High School	23	477	middle	Rantoul City Sd 137

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Rantoul

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 Rantoul school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Rantoul Twp High School has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Rantoul schools in this federal-data comparison at 33/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Rantoul, IL? ▼

Rantoul has 6 public schools with a total enrollment of 2,396 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 11.7:1.

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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.