NCES CCD 2024-25 15 schools IL

Best-Resourced Schools in Schaumburg, IL

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

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15
Schools
10,447
Students
52.8/100
Avg Resource Index
13.2:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Broad resource and staffing advantage

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Schaumburg has more public-school enrollment than 81% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Schaumburg lands in the upper national tier on both the average Resource Investment Index and teacher staffing intensity. Those measures come from different inputs: the index combines reported counselors, gifted access, attendance, and staffing, while the staffing percentile compares the city's student-teacher ratio directly. Agreement across both measures is stronger evidence of broad reported capacity than either score alone, though neither is a test-score rating or a guarantee about an individual classroom.

The school portfolio is elementary-weighted

11 of Schaumburg's 15 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 2 middle and 1 high-school records. Families comparing later grades should rely on those individual rows rather than the all-school mean.

Campus spread matters more than the city mean

The 25-point gap between Thomas Dooley Elem School and The District 54 Early Lrning Ctr shows the range hidden by Schaumburg'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 19%
School count
Top 23%
Resource Index average
93rd percentile
Teacher staffing
77th percentile

Schaumburg High School accounts for 23.1% of all Schaumburg public-school enrollment

That concentration means Schaumburg-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

Schaumburg school enrollment varies 5.5× across entities

Schaumburg school enrollment ranges from 437 students (lowest) to 2,416 students (highest), a spread of 1,979 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

Schaumburg student-teacher ratio is 13.2:1 — 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

# School Score
1. Thomas Dooley Elem School 65
2. Michael Collins Elem School 61
3. Nathan Hale Elem School 60
4. Campanelli Elem School 59
5. Hoover Math and Science Academy 57
6. Elizabeth Blackwell Elem School 57
7. Schaumburg High School 55
8. Everett Dirksen Elementary Sch 55
9. Winston Churchill Elem School 54
10. Enders-Salk Elem School 51
11. Buzz Aldrin Elem School 50
12. Robert Frost Jhs 44
13. Jane Addams Jhs 43
14. Helen Keller Jhs 41
15. The District 54 Early Lrning Ctr 40

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Schaumburg

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 The District 54 Early Lrning Ctr 73.2/100
  2. 2 Elizabeth Blackwell Elem School 72.2/100
  3. 3 Jane Addams Jhs 71.8/100
  4. 4 Buzz Aldrin Elem School 70.6/100
  5. 5 Winston Churchill Elem School 70.4/100

What do families ask about schools in Schaumburg?

Which Schaumburg school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Thomas Dooley Elem School has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Schaumburg schools in this federal-data comparison at 65/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Schaumburg, IL? ▼

Schaumburg has 15 public schools with a total enrollment of 10,447 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 13.2:1.

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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.