Illinois · NCES CCD 2024-25
Best Student-Teacher Ratios in Illinois
The 50 public schools in Illinois with the lowest student-teacher ratios, a staffing-intensity measure computed from NCES staffing data (not a direct class-size figure).
- 4.8:1
- Best ratio
- 14:1
- State average
- 15.7:1
- National average
- 50
- Schools listed
The ranking in one line
Ogden Int High School runs Illinois's smallest classes at 4.8:1, and 50 of the 50 schools listed sit below the state average of 14:1.
- 4.8:1
- smallest classes (Ogden Int High School)
- 50
- listed schools below the state average
- 14:1
- Illinois average
- 15.7:1
- national average
| # | School | Enrollment | Student:Teacher |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ogden Int High School Chicago | 519 | 4.8:1 |
| 2 | Alcott College Prep Chicago | 373 | 4.9:1 |
| 3 | Raby High School Chicago | 128 | 5.1:1 |
| 4 | Blair Early Childhood Center Chicago | 164 | 6.3:1 |
| 5 | Butler Junior High School Oak Brook | 163 | 6.3:1 |
| 6 | Saunemin Elem School Saunemin | 102 | 6.4:1 |
| 7 | Marycrest Early Childhood Center Joliet | 142 | 6.5:1 |
| 8 | Shiloh High School Hume | 115 | 6.8:1 |
| 9 | Air Force Acad High School Chicago | 131 | 6.9:1 |
| 10 | Avoca West Elem School Glenview | 313 | 7:1 |
| 11 | Flanagan-Cornell High School Flanagan | 106 | 7.1:1 |
| 12 | East St Louis-Lincoln Middle Sch East Saint Louis | 359 | 7.2:1 |
| 13 | W W Walker Elem School Bedford Park | 130 | 7.2:1 |
| 14 | Thomas Early Childhood Center Chicago | 123 | 7.2:1 |
| 15 | Dr Bessie Rhodes-Global Studies Skokie | 254 | 7.3:1 |
| 16 | Elsie C Johnson Elem Sch Hanover Park | 253 | 7.4:1 |
| 17 | Clark G R Elem School Chicago | 134 | 7.4:1 |
| 18 | Cisne High School Cisne | 104 | 7.4:1 |
| 19 | Signal Hill Elem School Belleville | 291 | 7.5:1 |
| 20 | Diamond Lake School Mundelein | 262 | 7.5:1 |
| 21 | Meridian High School Mounds | 206 | 7.6:1 |
| 22 | Bushnell-Prairie City High Sch Bushnell | 175 | 7.6:1 |
| 23 | Madison Senior High School Madison | 152 | 7.6:1 |
| 24 | Dr Donald Wharton Elem School Summit | 114 | 7.6:1 |
| 25 | Armstrong High School Armstrong | 114 | 7.6:1 |
| 26 | Rhodes Elem School River Grove | 499 | 7.7:1 |
| 27 | Yates Elem School Chicago | 268 | 7.7:1 |
| 28 | Earl H Hanson Elem School Rock Island | 201 | 7.7:1 |
| 29 | Roy De Shane Elementary School Carol Stream | 185 | 7.7:1 |
| 30 | Zeigler-Royalton High School Zeigler | 131 | 7.7:1 |
| 31 | Cumberland Elem School Des Plaines | 279 | 7.8:1 |
| 32 | Blue Ridge High School Farmer City | 155 | 7.8:1 |
| 33 | Harriet Tubman Elem School Chicago | 308 | 7.9:1 |
| 34 | Rosemont Elem School Rosemont | 221 | 7.9:1 |
| 35 | Erie High School Erie | 190 | 7.9:1 |
| 36 | Walsh Elem School Summit | 182 | 7.9:1 |
| 37 | Edison Elem School Elmhurst | 318 | 8:1 |
| 38 | Delavan Elementary School Delavan | 191 | 8:1 |
| 39 | Dr Ml King Jr Literary&Fine Arts Evanston | 421 | 8.1:1 |
| 40 | Hawthorn Elem School North Vernon Hills | 347 | 8.1:1 |
| 41 | Costello School Lyons | 228 | 8.1:1 |
| 42 | Lebanon High School Lebanon | 218 | 8.1:1 |
| 43 | Erie Middle School Erie | 171 | 8.1:1 |
| 44 | Gardner-South Wilmington Twp H S Gardner | 154 | 8.1:1 |
| 45 | Riverdale School Riverdale | 137 | 8.1:1 |
| 46 | Washington Elem School Rushville | 113 | 8.1:1 |
| 47 | Beard Elem School Chicago | 327 | 8.2:1 |
| 48 | Perry Elementary School Carpentersville | 278 | 8.2:1 |
| 49 | Greenview Jr/Sr High School Greenview | 107 | 8.2:1 |
| 50 | John R Tibbott Elem School Bolingbrook | 330 | 8.3:1 |
Source: National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), Common Core of Data (CCD), 2024-25 school year.
Schools with enrollment under 100 are excluded.
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.