NCES CCD 2024-25 7 schools IL

Best-Resourced Schools in South Beloit, IL

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

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7
Schools
1,690
Students
37.9/100
Avg Resource Index
14.1:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Middle-of-corpus city profile

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, South Beloit has more public-school enrollment than 8% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. South Beloit 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

South Beloit's list includes 3 elementary, 1 middle, and 1 high-school campus, plus 2 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 14-point gap between Clark Elementary School and Prairie Hill Elem School shows the range hidden by South Beloit'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 92%
School count
Top 65%
Resource Index average
37th percentile
Teacher staffing
66th percentile

Prairie Hill Elem School accounts for 26.4% of all South Beloit public-school enrollment

That concentration means South Beloit-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: Combined. 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

South Beloit school enrollment varies 3.8× across entities

South Beloit school enrollment ranges from 118 students (lowest) to 447 students (highest), a spread of 329 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

South Beloit student-teacher ratio is 14.1:1 — 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 South Beloit is typically wider than the South Beloit-aggregate figure suggests.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

# School Score
1. Clark Elementary School 46
2. Blackhawk Elementary School 44
3. Willowbrook Middle School 39
4. South Beloit Sr High School 36
5. Riverview Elementary School 34
6. South Beloit Jr High School 34
7. Prairie Hill Elem School 32

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in South Beloit

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 South Beloit Sr High School 58.9/100
  2. 2 Riverview Elementary School 57.3/100
  3. 3 Clark Elementary School 56.7/100
  4. 4 South Beloit Jr High School 54.5/100
  5. 5 Blackhawk Elementary School 53.3/100

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Which South Beloit school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Clark Elementary School has the highest Resource Investment Index among the South Beloit schools in this federal-data comparison at 46/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in South Beloit, IL? ▼

South Beloit has 7 public schools with a total enrollment of 1,690 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 14.1:1.

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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.