An equity score of 41/100 ranks Belvidere Cusd 100 #323 of 763 districts in Illinois (state average 38). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $16,349 per pupil, Belvidere Cusd 100 ranks #391 of 848 Illinois districts by per-pupil spending (Illinois districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
7,558
Total Enrollment
10
Schools
$16,349
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Belvidere Cusd 100 operates 10 public schools serving 7,558 students, placing it among the smaller districts in Illinois. The school portfolio breaks down into 5 combined, 2 high, 2 middle, 1 elementary schools, a compact enough portfolio that families can compare every campus directly before they move, rent, or enrol. These enrollment and school figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is based in Boone County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $16,349 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 45.6% local, 47.3% state, and 7.2% 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 41/100, ranked #323 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.
Academic infrastructure includes 2 of 10 schools offering Advanced Placement (30 AP courses district-wide), a 490.8:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 36.1% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 48.2% Hispanic or Latino, 43.7% White, 3.5% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Perry Elem School, with a diversity index of 59.6/100.
Its largest campus is Belvidere North High Sch, enrolling 1,354 students (18% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Perry Elem School, at 284 students, a 5x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Belvidere North High Sch accounts for 17.9% of all Belvidere Cusd 100 student enrollment
That concentration means Belvidere Cusd 100-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.
Belvidere Cusd 100 school enrollment varies 4.8× across entities
Belvidere Cusd 100 school enrollment ranges from 284 students (lowest) to 1,354 students (highest), a spread of 1,070 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.
Belvidere Cusd 100 student-counselor ratio is 491:1: well above typical (strongly 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 Values this far above the benchmark warrant a closer look at the underlying sub-units rather than treating the aggregate as representative.
Belvidere Cusd 100 chronic absenteeism rate is 36.1%: on the high side (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.