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Aviston, Illinois - 1 schools
An equity score of 20/100 ranks Aviston Sd 21 #708 of 763 districts in Illinois (state average 38). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $9,480 per pupil, Aviston Sd 21 ranks #843 of 848 Illinois districts by per-pupil spending (Illinois districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Aviston Sd 21 operates 1 public schools serving 429 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Illinois. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 combined 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 Clinton County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $9,480 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 38.9% local, 51.1% state, and 10.1% federal, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles. The district's equity score is 20/100, ranked #708 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.
and 1.9% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 99.1% White, 0.9% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Aviston Elem School, enrolling 462 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
Aviston Elem School accounts for 100.0% of all Aviston Sd 21 student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Aviston Sd 21 a distant remainder — means Aviston Sd 21-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.
Aviston Sd 21 chronic absenteeism rate is 1.9% — well below typical (typically associated with unusually small scale or exceptionally high per-unit investment)
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 Values this far below typical often correlate with unusually small scale or population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se — worth checking whether the underlying denominator is itself an outlier.