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Oak Forest, Illinois - 4 schools
An equity score of 44/100 ranks Arbor Park Sd 145 #246 of 763 districts in Illinois (state average 38). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $18,367 per pupil, Arbor Park Sd 145 ranks #254 of 848 Illinois districts by per-pupil spending (Illinois districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
1,092
Total Enrollment
4
Schools
$18,367
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, Combined
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Arbor Park Sd 145 operates 4 public schools serving 1,092 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Illinois. The school portfolio breaks down into 3 elementary, 1 combined 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 Cook County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $18,367 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the upper half of 848 Illinois districts by per-pupil spending. See how Illinois compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 47.1% local, 44.3% state, and 8.6% 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 44/100, ranked #246 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.
a 520:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 19.4% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 38.1% White, 30.1% Hispanic or Latino, 18.2% Asian across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Kimberly Heights Elem School, with a diversity index of 72.1/100.
Its largest campus is Arbor Park Middle School, enrolling 520 students (44% of the district's total enrollment).
Arbor Park Middle School accounts for 44.0% of all Arbor Park Sd 145 student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Arbor Park Sd 145-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: elementary. 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.
Arbor Park Sd 145 school enrollment varies 2.9× across entities
Arbor Park Sd 145 school enrollment ranges from 181 students (lowest) to 520 students (highest), a spread of 339 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.
Arbor Park Sd 145 student-counselor ratio is 520:1 — well above typical (typically associated with unusually large scale or acute resource constraints)
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 Values this far above typical often signal acute resource constraints or a structurally different scale than most peers — worth reading alongside the underlying counts, not the ratio alone.
Arbor Park Sd 145 chronic absenteeism rate is 19.4% — 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 Arbor Park Sd 145 is typically wider than the Arbor Park Sd 145-aggregate figure suggests.