Enrollment
157
Illinois · 2024-25 NCES data
Other / mixed grade configuration · Northlake, IL
Federal NCES profile for Mannheim Early Childhood Ctr, including enrollment, faculty, free-lunch eligibility, demographics, and resource indicators - Resource Investment Index 40/100.
The verdict
Mannheim Early Childhood Ctr earns 40/100 on the Resource Investment Index, with class sizes larger than 95% of Illinois schools. It is also less racially and ethnically mixed than most Illinois schools.
Mannheim Early Childhood Ctr has class sizes larger than 95% of Illinois schools. Computed live against every Illinois school reporting to NCES.
NCES ID 172433006324 Verify on NCES CCD record →
Enrollment
157
Illinois · 2024-25 NCES data
Teachers (FTE)
8.0
Federal CCD staff survey
Students per teacher
19.6:1
vs 14:1 Illinois avg
+40% vs state
How Mannheim Early Childhood Ctr compares with Illinois and U.S. medians
Larger classes than state median
19.6:1 - 5.6 above the Illinois state median of 14:1, indicating larger average class loads than typical schools in the state.
Mannheim Early Childhood Ctr is a small combined-grade school in Northlake, Illinois, enrolling 157 students.
Class loads run heavy: 19.6:1 is larger than about 95% of Illinois schools and 40% above the 14:1 state mean, so each teacher carries more students than is typical.
Enrollment of 157 puts it in the smaller third of Illinois schools by headcount.
Its Resource Investment Index sits near the middle of the pack among 3,845 scored Illinois schools.
Its student body is predominantly Hispanic or Latino (94% of enrollment), among the less diverse in the state (diversity index 11/100).
Counselor coverage is strong, about 157 students per counselor, inside the American School Counselor Association's recommended 250:1.
The surrounding Mannheim Sd 83 spends $22,243 per pupil, 31% above the Illinois average, a better-resourced district than most.
Among Northlake's public schools, it stands alongside Whittier Primary School (368 students): Mannheim Early Childhood Ctr is smaller than that campus by headcount and runs heavier classes (19.6:1 vs 11.5:1).
Mannheim Sd 83 also operates Mannheim Middle School (768 students) and Roy Elem School (545 students) alongside Mannheim Early Childhood Ctr.
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
Mannheim Early Childhood Ctr on the metrics families compare, against Illinois and U.S. means.
| Metric | This school | vs Illinois | Illinois avg | U.S. avg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Students per teacher | 19.6:1 | ▲ 40% | 14:1 | 15.7:1 |
| Enrollment | 157 | top 88% | - | - |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data School-level CCD + state/national means from Public School Universe · 2024-25
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.
Largest group: Hispanic or Latino at 94.3% of enrollment.
Simpson diversity index - at 10.9, Mannheim Early Childhood Ctr is less mixed than the Illinois school average of 38.9.
District-wide per-pupil expenditure for Mannheim Sd 83, which includes Mannheim Early Childhood Ctr.
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.
| School | Enrollment | Economic Profile | Student-Teacher Ratio |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mannheim Middle School | Larger | No free-lunch data | Lower S:T ratio |
| Roy Elem School | Larger | No free-lunch data | Lower S:T ratio |
| Westdale Elem School | Larger | No free-lunch data | Lower S:T ratio |
| Scott Elementary School | Larger | No free-lunch data | Lower S:T ratio |
Comparisons are relative to Mannheim Early Childhood Ctr's own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data.
1 comparable other schools (grades Mixed) serving the same city.
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
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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.
Mannheim Early Childhood Ctr has 157 students enrolled. It is a public school in Northlake, IL.
The student-teacher ratio at Mannheim Early Childhood Ctr is 19.6:1, which is 40% higher than the Illinois average of 14:1 and 25% higher than the national average of 15.7:1.
The largest demographic group at Mannheim Early Childhood Ctr is Hispanic or Latino at 94.3% of enrollment, in Northlake, IL.
Mannheim Early Childhood Ctr has a Resource Investment Index of 40/100 (typical reported resources relative to schools nationally) based on 3 factors: student-teacher ratio, counselor availability. Not a test-score or academic measure (national median ~41/100, see methodology).
Mannheim Early Childhood Ctr earns 40/100 on the Resource Investment Index, with class sizes larger than 95% of Illinois schools. It is also less racially and ethnically mixed than most 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.
Besides Mannheim Early Childhood Ctr, Mannheim Sd 83 also operates Mannheim Middle School (768 students), Roy Elem School (545 students), and Westdale Elem School (483 students). See the Mannheim Sd 83 district page for the complete list.
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