Elementary school (grades K-5) · Bannockburn, IL

Bannockburn School

Federal NCES profile for Bannockburn School, including enrollment, faculty, free-lunch eligibility, demographics, and resource indicators - Resource Investment Index 55/100.

2024-25 NCES dataElementary school (grades K-5)NCES 170495000186
0/100100/10055/100
👥 S:T ratio
61
🌟 Gifted program
30
📋 Attendance
74
Scored 0–100 from federal NCES and CRDC indicators, resource allocation, not test scores. Full methodology →

The verdict

Bannockburn School earns 55/100 on the Resource Investment Index, with class sizes smaller than 92% of Illinois schools.

55
Resource Index · Higher
9.7:1
small classes for Illinois
165
students enrolled

Bannockburn School has class sizes smaller than 92% of Illinois schools. Computed live against every Illinois school reporting to NCES.

School address

Enrollment

165

Illinois · 2024-25 NCES data

Teachers (FTE)

17.0

Federal CCD staff survey

Students per teacher

9.7:1

vs 14:1 Illinois avg

-31% vs state

Student-teacher ratio in context

How Bannockburn School compares with Illinois and U.S. medians

Smaller classes than state median
0:135:19.7:1

Source: NCES Common Core of Data As of 2024-25 federal staff survey Total enrollment ÷ full-time-equivalent classroom teachers

What stands out at Bannockburn School

Bannockburn School is a small elementary school in Bannockburn, Illinois, enrolling 165 students.

Classes run notably small here: at 9.7:1, Bannockburn School is leaner than roughly 92% of Illinois schools and 31% under the state's 14:1 norm, more adult attention per pupil than most peers.

Enrollment of 165 puts it in the smaller third of Illinois schools by headcount.

Its Resource Investment Index lands in the upper third of 3,845 scored Illinois schools.

Its student body is led by White (64%) and Asian (24%) (diversity index 53/100).

10.3% of students were chronically absent in the 2021-22 collection, in line with the post-pandemic national range.

The surrounding Bannockburn Sd 106 spends $42,301 per pupil, 148% above the Illinois average, a better-resourced district than most.

Bannockburn Sd 106 operates only this one school, so Bannockburn School has no district-mates to compare against locally.

Sourced from NCES CCD, CRDC, and F-33 (federal records, not a quality verdict). How we source and compute this.

Source: National Center for Education Statistics Common Core of Data + CRDC + F-33 · 2024-25

How Bannockburn School compares

Bannockburn School on the metrics families compare, against Illinois and U.S. means.

Metric This school vs Illinois Illinois avg U.S. avg
Students per teacher 9.7:1 ▼ 31% 14:1 15.7:1
Enrollment 165 top 87% - -

Source: NCES Common Core of Data School-level CCD + state/national means from Public School Universe · 2024-25

9.7:1
Leaner classes than 90% of US schools, among the more generously staffed nationally.
165
Bigger than 16% of US schools by enrollment, a small campus.

Equity indicators (what these measure)

Staffing depth
9.7:1
students per teacher - 31% below state mean
Top 8% in Illinois - lower ratio than 92% of state schools
Well under the widely cited 15:1 individualized-attention benchmark, among the leaner class loads nationally.
Engagement
10.3%
chronically absent (missed 10%+ of school days)
In the 10-15% range, above the pre-pandemic national baseline but within the broader post-pandemic picture.
Funding equity
$42,301
per pupil, district-wide - above Illinois avg of $17,042
Well above the U.S. public-school average, reflecting substantially higher local or state investment per enrolled student.
Support staff
Counselors0.0 FTE
Student-support staffing from the Civil Rights Data Collection.
Discipline context
5
in-school suspensions + 2 out-of-school
Suspension rate: 3.0 per 100 students. Combined in-school and out-of-school rate: 4.2 per 100 students. Reported via the Civil Rights Data Collection.

Overview

  • Common Core of Data (June 2026): enrollment, staffing, and the student-teacher ratio above.
  • Civil Rights Data Collection: discipline counts and program access (AP, gifted, special education).
  • F-33 School District Finance Survey: the district-wide per-pupil spending figures below.

Three separate federal collections, each on its own reporting cadence - which is why this school's numbers line up on a consistent basis against every other school and state on this site, rather than mixing figures pulled from different survey years.

Student demographics

White 63.6%
Asian 24.2%
Two or More 7.3%
Hispanic or Latino 3.0%
African American 1.8%

Largest group: White at 63.6% of enrollment.

Student-body diversity index 53.0/100

Simpson diversity index - at 53.0, Bannockburn School is more mixed than the Illinois school average of 38.9.

Programs

Funding & spending

District-wide per-pupil expenditure for Bannockburn Sd 106, which includes Bannockburn School.

$42,301
Per student
+148%
vs Illinois
Avg $17,042
+155%
vs U.S.
Avg $16,593
Revenue mix
Local 70.9%
State 24.0%
Federal 5.0%

Source: NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey District-level finance · FY 2021-22 Per-pupil expenditure reflects the district-wide average. Individual school budgets are not reported at the federal level.

Similar elementary schools statewide

Matched by enrollment size and by staffing ratio across all of Illinois, not just this city - a different peer set than the local comparisons above.

Next steps

Verify locally before acting on Bannockburn School's federal record.

Federal record (CCD 2024-25, CRDC 2021-22) - PlainSchools assigns no subjective rating; the composite quality score is a transparent, reproducible index computed from this cited federal data.

Frequently asked questions about Bannockburn School

How many students attend Bannockburn School?

Bannockburn School has 165 students enrolled. It is an elementary school in Bannockburn, IL.

What is the student-teacher ratio at Bannockburn School?

The student-teacher ratio at Bannockburn School is 9.7:1, which is 31% lower than the Illinois average of 14:1 and 38% lower than the national average of 15.7:1. Lower ratios generally mean more individual attention per student.

What is the racial and ethnic makeup of Bannockburn School?

The largest demographic group at Bannockburn School is White at 63.6% of enrollment, in Bannockburn, IL. Its student body is more racially and ethnically mixed than most US schools, with a diversity index of 53.0/100.

What is the Resource Investment Index for Bannockburn School?

Bannockburn School has a Resource Investment Index of 55/100 (higher reported resources relative to schools nationally) based on 3 factors: student-teacher ratio, attendance rates. Not a test-score or academic measure (national median ~41/100, see methodology).

Is Bannockburn School a good school?

Bannockburn School earns 55/100 on the Resource Investment Index, with class sizes smaller than 92% of Illinois schools. This is a resource snapshot, not an academic rating; see the Resource Investment Index question above for what the number does and doesn't measure.

What other schools are in Bannockburn Sd 106?

None reported; Bannockburn Sd 106 operates only Bannockburn School as a public school district in NCES's records.

Source: National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) CCD + Public School Universe (2024-25), CRDC (2021-22), F-33 District Finance Survey (FY 2021-22) · 2024-25 Data as of the 2024-25 school year. Coverage from U.S. Department of Education NCES Common Core of Data. Varies by entity type; administrative districts and certain charter networks may report only a subset of fields.

All federal data sources used on this page

Full source list and how we compute each figure: methodology page.

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