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Armstrong, Illinois - 1 schools
At $19,500 per pupil, Armstrong-Ellis Cons Sd 61 ranks #199 of 848 Illinois districts by per-pupil spending (Illinois districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Armstrong-Ellis Cons Sd 61 operates 1 public schools serving 89 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Illinois. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 elementary 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 Vermilion County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $19,500 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 65.7% local, 22.3% state, and 12.0% federal, a local-revenue-heavy mix that leaves the district more exposed to property-tax swings and local ballot measures than state-funded peers.
and 29.6% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 88.9% White, 2.5% African American, 1.2% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Armstrong-Ellis Elem School, enrolling 81 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
Armstrong-Ellis Elem School accounts for 91.0% of all Armstrong-Ellis Cons Sd 61 student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Armstrong-Ellis Cons Sd 61 a distant remainder — means Armstrong-Ellis Cons Sd 61-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.
Armstrong-Ellis Cons Sd 61 chronic absenteeism rate is 29.6% — 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 Armstrong-Ellis Cons Sd 61 is typically wider than the Armstrong-Ellis Cons Sd 61-aggregate figure suggests.