NCES CCD 2024-25 14 schools IL

Best-Resourced Schools in Skokie, IL

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

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14
Schools
10,241
Students
43.3/100
Avg Resource Index
11.9:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Middle-of-corpus city profile

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Skokie has more public-school enrollment than 81% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Skokie sits in the broad middle of the national city distribution rather than at a single obvious extreme. Its scale, average Resource Investment Index, and staffing position need to be read together: a middle placement on one measure does not cancel a stronger or weaker result on another. The percentile panel makes those dimensions explicit, and the school table shows where the city aggregate breaks into materially different campus profiles.

A full K–12 ladder sits inside the city boundary

Skokie's list includes 6 elementary, 3 middle, and 2 high-school campuses, plus 3 combined-grade records. The city average spans every major grade stage, so the ranked table is more informative when read within level than as one interchangeable queue.

Campus spread matters more than the city mean

The 27-point gap between Fairview South Elementary School and Devonshire Elem School shows the range hidden by Skokie'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 25%
Resource Index average
62nd percentile
Teacher staffing
89th percentile

Niles West High School accounts for 25.8% of all Skokie public-school enrollment

That concentration means Skokie-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

Skokie school enrollment varies 13× across entities

Skokie school enrollment ranges from 204 students (lowest) to 2,646 students (highest), a spread of 2,442 students. That spread reflects typical urban portfolio variation between specialty programs and large neighbourhood schools. 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

Skokie operates 7 school districts — among the most fragmented governance structures in the country

Each school district has independent budgeting, hiring, and service delivery authority. The fragmentation reflects historical patterns of inter-municipal boundary lines that pre-date modern city growth, students in different parts of the same city can attend different districts with different per-pupil spending, calendars, and graduation requirements. Per-region variation is largest in fragmented systems because each school district sets its own budget, contracts, and priorities without higher-level coordination above the regulatory floor.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Skokie student-teacher ratio is 11.9:1 — 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. Fairview South Elementary School 57
2. Elizabeth Meyer School 53
3. Old Orchard Jr High School 51
4. East Prairie Elem School 48
5. Oliver Mccracken Middle School 47
6. John Middleton Elem School 43
7. Niles North High School 42
8. Highland Elementary School 42
9. Niles West High School 40
10. Madison Elem School 40
11. Lincoln Jr High School 39
12. Jane Stenson School 37
13. Dr Bessie Rhodes-Global Studies 37
14. Devonshire Elem School 30

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Skokie

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 Highland Elementary School 77.1/100
  2. 2 Jane Stenson School 76.9/100
  3. 3 Old Orchard Jr High School 75.6/100
  4. 4 Lincoln Jr High School 75.4/100
  5. 5 Devonshire Elem School 74.6/100

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Which Skokie school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Fairview South Elementary School has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Skokie schools in this federal-data comparison at 57/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Skokie, IL? ▼

Skokie has 14 public schools with a total enrollment of 10,241 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 11.9:1.

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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.