NCES CCD 2024-25 17 schools IL

Best-Resourced Schools in Wheaton, IL

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

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17
Schools
10,021
Students
56.5/100
Avg Resource Index
14:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Broad resource and staffing advantage

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Wheaton has more public-school enrollment than 80% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Wheaton 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

9 of Wheaton's 17 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 3 middle and 2 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 47-point gap between Hawthorne Elem School and Jefferson Early Childhood Center shows the range hidden by Wheaton'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 20%
School count
Top 19%
Resource Index average
97th percentile
Teacher staffing
67th percentile

Wheaton Warrenville South H S accounts for 18.6% of all Wheaton public-school enrollment

That concentration means Wheaton-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

Wheaton school enrollment varies 10× across entities

Wheaton school enrollment ranges from 185 students (lowest) to 1,864 students (highest), a spread of 1,679 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

Wheaton student-teacher ratio is 14.0:1 — 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 Wheaton is typically wider than the Wheaton-aggregate figure suggests.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

# School Score
1. Hawthorne Elem School 72
2. Lowell Elem School 67
3. Whittier Elem School 66
4. Emerson Elem School 63
5. Longfellow Elem School 62
6. Franklin Middle School 61
7. Wiesbrook Elem School 61
8. Edison Middle School 60
9. Lincoln Elem School 60
10. Madison Elem School 60
11. Carl Sandburg Elem School 58
12. Washington Elementary School 57
13. Monroe Middle School 56
14. Briar Glen Elem School 55
15. Wheaton Warrenville South H S 39
16. Wheaton North High School 39
17. Jefferson Early Childhood Center 25

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Wheaton

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 Carl Sandburg Elem School 63.7/100
  2. 2 Jefferson Early Childhood Center 63.6/100
  3. 3 Washington Elementary School 60.9/100
  4. 4 Hawthorne Elem School 60.8/100
  5. 5 Monroe Middle School 60.6/100

What do families ask about schools in Wheaton?

Which Wheaton school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Hawthorne Elem School has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Wheaton schools in this federal-data comparison at 72/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Wheaton, IL? ▼

Wheaton has 17 public schools with a total enrollment of 10,021 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 14:1.

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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.