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Bement, Illinois - 3 schools
An equity score of 34/100 ranks Bement Cusd 5 #493 of 763 districts in Illinois (state average 38). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $16,626 per pupil, Bement Cusd 5 ranks #378 of 848 Illinois districts by per-pupil spending (Illinois districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
294
Total Enrollment
3
Schools
$16,626
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Bement Cusd 5 operates 3 public schools serving 294 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Illinois. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 combined, 1 high, 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 Piatt County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $16,626 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 64.8% local, 26.0% state, and 9.2% federal, a local-revenue-heavy mix that leaves the district more exposed to property-tax swings and local ballot measures than state-funded peers. The district's equity score is 34/100, ranked #493 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 42.5:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 20.0% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 89.1% White, 4.0% Hispanic or Latino, 1.4% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Bement High School, with a diversity index of 27.3/100.
Its largest campus is Bement Elementary School, enrolling 143 students (49% of the district's total enrollment).
Bement Elementary School accounts for 48.6% of all Bement Cusd 5 student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Bement Cusd 5 a distant remainder — means Bement Cusd 5-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.
Bement Cusd 5 school enrollment varies 2.3× across entities
Bement Cusd 5 school enrollment ranges from 63 students (lowest) to 143 students (highest), a spread of 80 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.
Bement Cusd 5 student-counselor ratio is 43:1 — well below typical (typically associated with unusually small scale or exceptionally high per-unit investment)
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 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.
Bement Cusd 5 chronic absenteeism rate is 20.0% — 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 Bement Cusd 5 is typically wider than the Bement Cusd 5-aggregate figure suggests.