Abingdon-Avon Cusd 276 operates 4 public schools serving 903 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Illinois. The school portfolio breaks down into 2 combined, 1 high, 1 middle schools, a small enough portfolio that most families will interact with nearly every campus in the district at some point. These enrollment and school figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is based in Knox County.
The funding mix is 44.5% local, 40.4% state, and 15.1% federal, a balanced mix across local, state, and federal sources, spreading budget risk across funding cycles rather than concentrating it in one.
a 289.5:1 student-counselor ratio, somewhat above the 250:1 ASCA recommendation, and 34.0% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 86.1% White, 5.2% Hispanic or Latino, 0.4% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Abingdon-Avon Middle Sch, with a diversity index of 27.9/100.
Its largest campus is Hedding Grade Sch, enrolling 376 students (42% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Avon Elem Sch, at 48 students, a 8x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Hedding Grade Sch accounts for 41.5% of all Abingdon-Avon Cusd 276 student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Abingdon-Avon Cusd 276-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade band: combined. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how the district allocates 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.
Abingdon-Avon Cusd 276 school enrollment varies 7.8× across entities
Abingdon-Avon Cusd 276 school enrollment ranges from 48 students (lowest) to 376 students (highest), a spread of 328 students. That relatively narrow ratio reflects an unusually homogeneous campus portfolio, most districts have a wider mix of school sizes. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Abingdon-Avon Cusd 276 student-counselor ratio is 290:1 — near the typical range (US average ~408) — within the typical range for U.S. public districts
student-counselor ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE counselors against total enrollment, districts that contract intervention or social-emotional staff outside the counselor classification may be under-counted Variation between sub-units within Abingdon-Avon Cusd 276 is typically wider than the Abingdon-Avon Cusd 276-aggregate figure suggests.
Abingdon-Avon Cusd 276 chronic absenteeism rate is 34.0% — high (typically associated with higher-than-average disruption; recent CRDC data showed elevated rates persisting after pandemic-era schooling changes)
chronic absenteeism rate is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: a student is chronically absent if they miss ≥10% of enrolled days for any reason, illness, family obligations, or disengagement Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.