NCES CCD 2024-25 8 schools IL

Best-Resourced Schools in Zion, IL

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

8 public K-12 schools in Zion 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

4,434

Students

26.3/100

Avg Resource Index

15.3:1

Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

One campus shapes the city average

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Zion has more public-school enrollment than 49% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Zion-Benton Twnshp Hi Sch enrolls 47.7% of Zion's public-school students. That is enough concentration for one institution to pull the citywide enrollment, staffing, and Resource Index averages toward its own profile. The smaller campuses below should therefore be compared directly rather than inferred from the headline mean; their grade configurations and program footprints can be materially different even inside the same district.

A full K–12 ladder sits inside the city boundary

Zion's list includes 2 elementary, 2 middle, and 2 high-school campuses, 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.

The composite and staffing measures point in different directions

Zion's average Resource Investment Index sits at the 6th percentile, while its teacher-staffing measure sits at the 51st percentile. The 45-point percentile gap is a reminder that the index is not a class-size score: counselors, gifted-program reporting, and attendance also affect it. Compare those components directly when two schools have similar index totals; the same headline score can arise from a different mix of reported resources.

City enrollment: Top 51%
School count: Top 54%
Resource Index average: 6th percentile
Teacher staffing: 51st percentile

Zion-Benton Twnshp Hi Sch accounts for 47.7% of all Zion public-school enrollment

That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Zion a distant remainder — means Zion-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 Accessed 2026-08-26

Zion school enrollment varies 8.5× across entities

Zion school enrollment ranges from 249 students (lowest) to 2,114 students (highest), a spread of 1,865 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

Zion student-teacher ratio is 15.3:1 — 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 Zion is typically wider than the Zion-aggregate figure suggests.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe Accessed 2026-08-26

#	School	Score	Enrollment	Level	District
1.	Zion-Benton Twnshp Hi Sch	34	2,114	high	Zion-Benton Twp Hsd 126
2.	New Tech High - Zion-Benton East	32	419	high	Zion-Benton Twp Hsd 126
3.	Zion Central Middle School	29	330	middle	Zion Esd 6
4.	Shiloh Park Middle School	26	358	middle	Zion Esd 6
5.	Lakeview School	26	249	Combined	Zion Esd 6
6.	West Elementary School	23	339	elementary	Zion Esd 6
7.	Elmwood Elem School	22	336	elementary	Zion Esd 6
8.	Beulah Park Elem School	18	289	Combined	Zion Esd 6

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Zion

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 Beulah Park Elem School 64.6/100
2 Zion-Benton Twnshp Hi Sch 61.1/100
3 Lakeview School 60.4/100
4 New Tech High - Zion-Benton East 57.7/100
5 West Elementary School 55.1/100

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Which Zion school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Zion-Benton Twnshp Hi Sch has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Zion schools in this federal-data comparison at 34/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Zion, IL? ▼

Zion has 8 public schools with a total enrollment of 4,434 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 15.3:1.

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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.