Every figure on PlainSchools is rendered directly from the source NCES, CRDC and F-33 federal
records, no number is typed in by an editor. District totals are aggregated directly from the schools reporting under this district in the source records. See our
editorial standards & corrections policy, the
methodology behind these numbers, or
report a data error. Data current as of June 2026.
Altamont, Illinois - 2 schools
An equity score of 37/100 ranks Altamont Cusd 10 #426 of 763 districts in Illinois (state average 38). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $11,448 per pupil, Altamont Cusd 10 ranks #817 of 848 Illinois districts by per-pupil spending (Illinois districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
666
Total Enrollment
2
Schools
$11,448
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Altamont Cusd 10 operates 2 public schools serving 666 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Illinois. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 combined, 1 high 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 Effingham County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $11,448 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, among the bottom 85 of 848 Illinois districts by per-pupil spending. See how Illinois compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 37.1% local, 47.9% state, and 14.9% federal, a balanced mix across local, state, and federal sources, spreading budget risk across funding cycles rather than concentrating it in one. The district's equity score is 37/100, ranked #426 of 763 in Illinois against a state average of 38, in line with the typical spread seen across the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 2 schools offering Advanced Placement (1 AP courses district-wide), a 222:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 17.0% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 93.7% White, 2.7% Hispanic or Latino, 1.0% African American across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Altamont Grade School, enrolling 462 students (68% of the district's total enrollment).
Altamont Grade School accounts for 67.5% of all Altamont Cusd 10 student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Altamont Cusd 10 a distant remainder — means Altamont Cusd 10-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: combined. A single dominant campus often anchors a district's program offerings and staffing patterns; the share helps explain why district-wide averages may not reflect the typical neighbourhood-school experience. When one entity dominates a region's footprint, its programmatic and budget decisions effectively set policy for a majority of the affected population.
Altamont Cusd 10 student-counselor ratio is 222:1 — low (typically associated with meeting or exceeding the American School Counselor Association (ASCA) recommended 250:1 benchmark, which correlates with stronger college and career counseling capacity)
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 Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.
Altamont Cusd 10 chronic absenteeism rate is 17.0% — near the typical range (US average ~28) — aligned with the national post-pandemic baseline of roughly 28% chronic absenteeism
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 Variation between sub-units within Altamont Cusd 10 is typically wider than the Altamont Cusd 10-aggregate figure suggests.