An equity score of 43/100 ranks Atwood Heights Sd 125 #273 of 759 districts in Illinois (state average 38). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $16,477 per pupil, Atwood Heights Sd 125 ranks #467 of 845 Illinois districts by per-pupil spending (Illinois districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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Total Enrollment
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Schools
$16,477
Per-Pupil Spending
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School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Atwood Heights Sd 125 operates 3 public schools serving 562 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Illinois. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 combined, 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 Cook County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $16,477 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the lower half of 845 Illinois districts by per-pupil spending. See how Illinois compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 46.3% local, 41.8% state, and 12.0% 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 43/100, ranked #273 of 759 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 196.3:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 25.8% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 51.8% Hispanic or Latino, 26.8% White, 17.8% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Meadow Lane School, with a diversity index of 65.2/100.
Its largest campus is Lawn Manor School, enrolling 210 students (36% of the district's total enrollment).
Lawn Manor School accounts for 35.7% of all Atwood Heights Sd 125 student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Atwood Heights Sd 125-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade band: combined. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how the district allocates programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.
Atwood Heights Sd 125 student-counselor ratio is 196:1 — 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.
Atwood Heights Sd 125 chronic absenteeism rate is 25.8% — 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 Atwood Heights Sd 125 is typically wider than the Atwood Heights Sd 125-aggregate figure suggests.