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Bensenville, Illinois - 3 schools
An equity score of 48/100 ranks Bensenville Sd 2 #138 of 763 districts in Illinois (state average 38). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $20,625 per pupil, Bensenville Sd 2 ranks #157 of 848 Illinois districts by per-pupil spending (Illinois districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
2,036
Total Enrollment
3
Schools
$20,625
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, Middle
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Bensenville Sd 2 operates 3 public schools serving 2,036 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Illinois. The school portfolio breaks down into 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 Dupage County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $20,625 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 64.4% local, 27.2% state, and 8.3% 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 48/100, ranked #138 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.
a 442.3:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 35.2% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 67.7% Hispanic or Latino, 22.7% White, 3.6% Asian across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Tioga Elementary School, with a diversity index of 52.3/100.
Its largest campus is Tioga Elementary School, enrolling 751 students (37% of the district's total enrollment).
Tioga Elementary School accounts for 36.9% of all Bensenville Sd 2 student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Bensenville Sd 2-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.
Bensenville Sd 2 student-counselor ratio is 442:1 — 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.
Bensenville Sd 2 chronic absenteeism rate is 35.2% — 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.