NCES CCD 2024-25 5 schools IL

Best-Resourced Schools in Riverside, IL

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

5 public K-12 schools in Riverside 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

3,343

Students

56.8/100

Avg Resource Index

14.4:1

Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

One campus shapes the city average

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Riverside has more public-school enrollment than 34% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Riverside Brookfield Twp Hs enrolls 49.7% of Riverside'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

3 of Riverside'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.

The composite and staffing measures point in different directions

Riverside's average Resource Investment Index sits at the 97th percentile, while its teacher-staffing measure sits at the 62nd percentile. The 35-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 66%
School count: Top 99%
Resource Index average: 97th percentile
Teacher staffing: 62nd percentile

Riverside Brookfield Twp Hs accounts for 49.7% of all Riverside public-school enrollment

That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Riverside a distant remainder — means Riverside-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

Riverside school enrollment varies 7.2× across entities

Riverside school enrollment ranges from 230 students (lowest) to 1,663 students (highest), a spread of 1,433 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

Riverside student-teacher ratio is 14.4:1 — 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 Riverside is typically wider than the Riverside-aggregate figure suggests.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe Accessed 2026-08-11

#	School	Score	Enrollment	Level	District
1.	Blythe Park Elem School	64	230	Combined	Riverside Sd 96
2.	A F Ames Elem School	62	482	Combined	Riverside Sd 96
3.	Central Elem School	61	371	Combined	Riverside Sd 96
4.	L J Hauser Jr High School	58	597	middle	Riverside Sd 96
5.	Riverside Brookfield Twp Hs	39	1,663	high	Riverside-Brookfield Twp Sd 208

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Riverside

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 Riverside school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Blythe Park Elem School has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Riverside schools in this federal-data comparison at 64/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Riverside, IL? ▼

Riverside has 5 public schools with a total enrollment of 3,343 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 14.4:1.

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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.