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Bellwood, Illinois - 7 schools
An equity score of 51/100 ranks Bellwood Sd 88 #90 of 763 districts in Illinois (state average 38). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $19,208 per pupil, Bellwood Sd 88 ranks #205 of 848 Illinois districts by per-pupil spending (Illinois districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
2,150
Total Enrollment
7
Schools
$19,208
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, Middle
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Bellwood Sd 88 operates 7 public schools serving 2,150 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Illinois. The school portfolio breaks down into 5 elementary, 1 middle, 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 Cook County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $19,208 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 36.6% local, 53.6% state, and 9.8% 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 51/100, ranked #90 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.
and 41.1% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 49.5% Hispanic or Latino, 46.6% African American, 0.4% White across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Early Childhood Center, with a diversity index of 55.2/100.
Its largest campus is Roosevelt Middle School, enrolling 614 students (30% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Grant Primary, at 66 students, a 9x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Roosevelt Middle School accounts for 28.6% of all Bellwood Sd 88 student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Bellwood Sd 88-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: middle. 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.
Bellwood Sd 88 school enrollment varies 9.3× across entities
Bellwood Sd 88 school enrollment ranges from 66 students (lowest) to 614 students (highest), a spread of 548 students. That spread reflects typical mixed-portfolio variation between specialty programs and large neighbourhood schools. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Bellwood Sd 88 chronic absenteeism rate is 41.1% — high (typically associated with higher-than-average disruption; recent CRDC data showed elevated rates persisting after pandemic-era schooling changes)
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 Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.