Public schools in Skokie, IL

Skokie has 14 public schools with a 2024-25 address in the city: 2 high, 3 middle, 9 elementary, enrolling 10,241 students. They are run by 7 districts and agencies; Skokie SD 68 runs 4 of them.

NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25: schools open that year with enrollment · method

The 7 districts and agencies that run Skokie's public schools

Each district decides who can enroll where; its page holds its schools, spending and teachers.

DistrictSchools in SkokieDistrict students, fall 2022Spending per student, FY23
Skokie SD 6841,665$24,120
Skokie SD 73-531,063$26,771
Niles Township High Schools District 21924,642$35,441
Skokie SD 6921,797$21,968
Fairview District 721702$25,362
East Prairie SD 731540$21,619
Evanston-Skokie School District 6516,383$29,769

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25: school location city and operating agency; NCES F-33 fiscal year 2022-23: district fall membership and current spending per student. Schools on a city's edge can serve students from outside it.

2 high schools in Skokie, 4,645 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Niles West High School2,64613.4not reportedNiles Township High Schools District 219
Niles North High School1,99911.6not reportedNiles Township High Schools District 219

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

3 middle schools in Skokie, 1,679 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Old Orchard Jr High School71112.9not reportedSkokie SD 68
Lincoln Jr High School62811.7All free (CEP)Skokie SD 69
Oliver McCracken Middle School3409.4not reportedSkokie SD 73-5

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

9 elementary schools in Skokie, 3,917 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Fairview South Elementary School7189.9not reportedFairview District 72
Madison Elementary School60911.6All free (CEP)Skokie SD 69
John Middleton Elementary School52111.1not reportedSkokie SD 73-5
East Prairie Elementary School51310.3not reportedEast Prairie SD 73
Devonshire Elementary School41713.0not reportedSkokie SD 68
Jane Stenson School36512.6not reportedSkokie SD 68
Highland Elementary School31610.9not reportedSkokie SD 68
Dr Bessie Rhodes-Global Studies2549.4not reportedEvanston-Skokie
Elizabeth Meyer School20410.0not reportedSkokie SD 73-5

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

How Skokie's public schools compare with Illinois's

The median Skokie school has 11.3 students per full-time teacher, fewer than the Illinois median of 13.1. 43% of its schools ran a schoolwide Title I program in 2021-22, against 54% across the state. Its median school enrolls 517 students (state 374).

Skokie against Illinois, schools open in 2024-25 with students
SkokieIllinois
Median students per teacher11.313.1
Median school size (students)517374
Schools with a schoolwide Title I program (2021-22)43%54%
Schools where every student eats free (CEP)14%53%
Charter schools0%3.4%

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch program, charter status; the 14 Skokie schools and the 3,817 Illinois schools open that year with students); Title I status CCD 2021-22. Students per teacher counts 2024-25 teachers and ratios from 3 to 99.

What to look at next in Skokie

  1. Skokie SD 68Runs 4 of Skokie's 14 public schools and spent $24,120 per student in fiscal year 2022-23.$24,120
  2. Niles West High School, the largest high school in Skokie2,646 students in 2024-25, 13.4 per teacher.2,646
  3. Compare Skokie SD 68 with Skokie SD 73-5Skokie's two largest operators side by side: enrollment, spending and schools.
  4. The largest public schools in IllinoisIllinois's 50 largest schools open in 2024-25, by enrollment.
  5. Find the school district for a Skokie addressA home's district, not its city, decides which public schools it can enroll in.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (schools and their operating agencies); NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23 (spending per student).

Choosing among them: how to choose a school district with the federal data, and what a Title I school is.

Other cities in Illinois

  1. Chicago629 schools
  2. Aurora47 schools
  3. Rockford44 schools
  4. Naperville41 schools
  5. Peoria33 schools
  6. Joliet31 schools
  7. Springfield31 schools
  8. Plainfield29 schools

Questions about schools in Skokie

  1. How many public schools are in Skokie, IL?
    14 public schools with an address in Skokie were open in 2024-25: 2 high, 3 middle, 9 elementary, enrolling 10,241 students.
  2. What is the largest high school in Skokie?
    Niles West High School, with 2,646 students in 2024-25 (Niles Township High Schools District 219).
  3. Which districts run Skokie's schools?
    Skokie SD 68 (4 schools), Skokie SD 73-5 (3 schools), Niles Township High Schools District 219 (2 schools), Skokie SD 69 (2 schools), and 3 more. A school's district, not its city, decides who can enroll.

These figures are for information and are not a substitute for the district's enrollment office, which confirms the school a home is assigned to.

Sources

Source: NCES Common Core of Data School directory, membership, staff and lunch files · 2024-25

Source: NCES Common Core of Data Public school search (the official record of each school) · 2024-25

Compiled from official source data by .