NCES CCD 2024-25 6 schools IL

Best-Resourced Schools in Westmont, IL

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

6 public K-12 schools in Westmont 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

1,786

Students

47/100

Avg Resource Index

12.5:1

Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Compact system with teacher-dense staffing

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Westmont has more public-school enrollment than 9% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Westmont is a comparatively small school market by total enrollment, yet its average student-teacher ratio is lower than most cities in the national comparison set. Small scale can make that staffing pattern easier to sustain, but it can also limit the breadth of specialized programs available at any one campus. The school list below shows whether students are concentrated in one combined-grade campus or distributed across separate elementary, middle, and high-school settings.

The school portfolio is elementary-weighted

3 of Westmont's 6 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 1 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 26-point gap between Maercker Elem School and C E Miller Elem School shows the range hidden by Westmont'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 91%
School count: Top 79%
Resource Index average: 78th percentile
Teacher staffing: 84th percentile

Maercker Elem School accounts for 25.5% of all Westmont public-school enrollment

That concentration means Westmont-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: Elementary. 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 2026-08-26

Westmont school enrollment varies 8.6× across entities

Westmont school enrollment ranges from 53 students (lowest) to 456 students (highest), a spread of 403 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 2026-08-26

Westmont student-teacher ratio is 12.5:1 — 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 Accessed 2026-08-26

#	School	Score	Enrollment	Level	District
1.	Maercker Elem School	60	456	elementary	Maercker Sd 60
2.	Westmont High School	54	395	high	Cusd 201
3.	J T Manning Elem School	49	386	elementary	Cusd 201
4.	Westmont Jr High School	47	302	middle	Cusd 201
5.	South School	38	53	Combined	Cusd 201
6.	C E Miller Elem School	34	194	elementary	Cusd 201

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Westmont

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 Westmont school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Maercker Elem School has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Westmont schools in this federal-data comparison at 60/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Westmont, IL? ▼

Westmont has 6 public schools with a total enrollment of 1,786 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 12.5:1.

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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.