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Argenta, Illinois - 3 schools
An equity score of 29/100 ranks Argenta-Oreana Cusd 1 #581 of 763 districts in Illinois (state average 38). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $12,628 per pupil, Argenta-Oreana Cusd 1 ranks #740 of 848 Illinois districts by per-pupil spending (Illinois districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
930
Total Enrollment
3
Schools
$12,628
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Argenta-Oreana Cusd 1 operates 3 public schools serving 930 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Illinois. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 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 Macon County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $12,628 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the lower half of 848 Illinois districts by per-pupil spending. See how Illinois compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 51.3% local, 37.3% state, and 11.4% federal, a local-revenue-heavy mix that leaves the district more exposed to property-tax swings and local ballot measures than state-funded peers. The district's equity score is 29/100, ranked #581 of 763 in Illinois against a state average of 38, notably less even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 3 schools offering Advanced Placement (2 AP courses district-wide), a 812.1:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 23.0% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 82.0% White, 4.6% African American, 3.7% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Argenta-Oreana Middle School, with a diversity index of 34.6/100.
Argenta-Oreana Elementary School accounts for 47.8% of all Argenta-Oreana Cusd 1 student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Argenta-Oreana Cusd 1 a distant remainder — means Argenta-Oreana Cusd 1-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.
Argenta-Oreana Cusd 1 school enrollment varies 2.5× across entities
Argenta-Oreana Cusd 1 school enrollment ranges from 180 students (lowest) to 445 students (highest), a spread of 265 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.
Argenta-Oreana Cusd 1 student-counselor ratio is 812:1 — 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.
Argenta-Oreana Cusd 1 chronic absenteeism rate is 23.0% — 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 Argenta-Oreana Cusd 1 is typically wider than the Argenta-Oreana Cusd 1-aggregate figure suggests.