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Auburn, Illinois - 4 schools
An equity score of 35/100 ranks Auburn Cusd 10 #463 of 763 districts in Illinois (state average 38). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $11,866 per pupil, Auburn Cusd 10 ranks #789 of 848 Illinois districts by per-pupil spending (Illinois districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
1,114
Total Enrollment
4
Schools
$11,866
Per-Pupil Spending
High, Combined
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Auburn Cusd 10 operates 4 public schools serving 1,114 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Illinois. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 high, 1 combined, 1 middle, 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 Sangamon County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $11,866 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 38.3% local, 45.6% state, and 16.1% 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 35/100, ranked #463 of 763 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 466.6:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 27.2% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 91.0% White, 2.7% Hispanic or Latino, 1.3% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Auburn Middle School, with a diversity index of 21.1/100.
Its largest campus is Auburn High School, enrolling 327 students (31% of the district's total enrollment).
Auburn High School accounts for 29.4% of all Auburn Cusd 10 student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Auburn Cusd 10-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: high. 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.
Auburn Cusd 10 student-counselor ratio is 467:1 — high (typically associated with staffing constraints that limit per-student counselor time; CRDC data shows higher ratios cluster in larger urban systems)
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 Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.
Auburn Cusd 10 chronic absenteeism rate is 27.2% — 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 Auburn Cusd 10 is typically wider than the Auburn Cusd 10-aggregate figure suggests.