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Athens, Illinois - 4 schools
An equity score of 26/100 ranks Athens Cusd 213 #629 of 763 districts in Illinois (state average 38). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $11,792 per pupil, Athens Cusd 213 ranks #792 of 848 Illinois districts by per-pupil spending (Illinois districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
1,017
Total Enrollment
4
Schools
$11,792
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Athens Cusd 213 operates 4 public schools serving 1,017 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Illinois. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 combined, 1 high, 1 elementary, 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 Menard County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $11,792 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 49.0% local, 42.4% 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 26/100, ranked #629 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 4 schools offering Advanced Placement (4 AP courses district-wide), a 240.3:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 23.4% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 89.9% White, 2.8% Hispanic or Latino, 0.9% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Athens Junior High School, with a diversity index of 24.1/100.
Its largest campus is Cantrall Elem School, enrolling 334 students (35% of the district's total enrollment).
Cantrall Elem School accounts for 32.8% of all Athens Cusd 213 student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Athens Cusd 213-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.
Athens Cusd 213 school enrollment varies 2.3× across entities
Athens Cusd 213 school enrollment ranges from 144 students (lowest) to 334 students (highest), a spread of 190 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.
Athens Cusd 213 student-counselor ratio is 240:1 — 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.
Athens Cusd 213 chronic absenteeism rate is 23.4% — 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 Athens Cusd 213 is typically wider than the Athens Cusd 213-aggregate figure suggests.