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Astoria, Illinois - 3 schools
An equity score of 58/100 ranks Astoria Cusd 1 #24 of 763 districts in Illinois (state average 38). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $18,479 per pupil, Astoria Cusd 1 ranks #246 of 848 Illinois districts by per-pupil spending (Illinois districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
270
Total Enrollment
3
Schools
$18,479
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Astoria Cusd 1 operates 3 public schools serving 270 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 Fulton County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $18,479 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 49.4% local, 40.2% state, and 10.3% 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 58/100, ranked #24 of 763 in Illinois against a state average of 38, notably more 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 (1 AP courses district-wide), a 184.7:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 27.4% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 95.6% White, 0.8% Hispanic or Latino, 0.7% Asian across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Astoria High School, with a diversity index of 9.1/100.
Its largest campus is Astoria Elem School, enrolling 145 students (52% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Astoria Junior High School, at 46 students, a 3x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Astoria Elem School accounts for 52.3% of all Astoria Cusd 1 student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Astoria Cusd 1 a distant remainder — means Astoria 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.
Astoria Cusd 1 school enrollment varies 3.2× across entities
Astoria Cusd 1 school enrollment ranges from 46 students (lowest) to 145 students (highest), a spread of 99 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.
Astoria Cusd 1 student-counselor ratio is 185:1 — 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.
Astoria Cusd 1 chronic absenteeism rate is 27.4% — 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 Astoria Cusd 1 is typically wider than the Astoria Cusd 1-aggregate figure suggests.