32 public K-12 schools in St Charles from NCES Common Core of Data: enrollment, grade span, demographics, and Civil Rights Data Collection statistics for every active campus.
National city placement
According to NCES CCD 2024-25, St Charles has more public-school enrollment than 93% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. St Charles 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.
St Charles's list includes 12 elementary, 7 middle, and 6 high-school campuses, plus 7 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 35-point gap between Lincoln Elem. and Early Learning Center shows the range hidden by St Charles'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.
St Charles school enrollment ranges from 117 students (lowest) to 1,843 students (highest), a spread of 1,726 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
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.
| # | School | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Lincoln Elem. | 67 |
| 2. | Harvest Ridge Elem. | 65 |
| 3. | George M. Null Elem. | 65 |
| 4. | Central Elem. | 63 |
| 5. | Castlio Elem. | 62 |
| 6. | Becky-David Elem. | 62 |
| 7. | Henderson Elem. | 62 |
| 8. | Independence Elem. | 61 |
| 9. | Blackhurst Elementary | 60 |
| 10. | Francis Howell Middle | 59 |
| 11. | Saeger Middle | 59 |
| 12. | Coverdell Elem. | 59 |
| 13. | Bryan Middle | 58 |
| 14. | Hollenbeck Middle | 56 |
| 15. | Monroe Elem. | 55 |
| 16. | Barnwell Middle | 54 |
| 17. | Orchard Farm Middle School | 54 |
| 18. | Orchard Farm High School | 53 |
| 19. | Harris Elem. | 52 |
| 20. | Early Child Family Educ. Ctr. | 52 |
| 21. | Francis Howell Central High | 51 |
| 22. | Jefferson Intermediate School | 51 |
| 23. | Francis Howell High | 49 |
| 24. | Hardin Middle | 49 |
| 25. | Francis Howell North High | 48 |
| 26. | Discovery Elementary | 48 |
| 27. | St. Charles High | 43 |
| 28. | Orchard Farm Elementary | 43 |
| 29. | St. Charles West High | 42 |
| 30. | Early Child. Family Educ. Ctr | 37 |
| 31. | Early Child. Family Educ Ctr. | 36 |
| 32. | Early Learning Center | 32 |
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.
Lincoln Elem. has the highest Resource Investment Index among the St Charles schools in this federal-data comparison at 67/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.
St Charles has 32 public schools with a total enrollment of 21,022 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 13.6:1.
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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.
