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Berkeley, Illinois - 6 schools
An equity score of 57/100 ranks Berkeley Sd 87 #26 of 763 districts in Illinois (state average 38). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $22,347 per pupil, Berkeley Sd 87 ranks #105 of 848 Illinois districts by per-pupil spending (Illinois districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
2,284
Total Enrollment
6
Schools
$22,347
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, Middle
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Berkeley Sd 87 operates 6 public schools serving 2,284 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Illinois. The school portfolio breaks down into 2 combined, 2 middle, 2 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 Cook County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $22,347 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 50.8% local, 41.0% 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 57/100, ranked #26 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 357.8:1 student-counselor ratio, well above the ASCA benchmark though still under the roughly 408:1 national average, and 37.4% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 73.8% Hispanic or Latino, 20.4% African American, 3.7% White across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Jefferson Primary School, with a diversity index of 55.1/100.
Its largest campus is Jefferson Primary School, enrolling 380 students (18% of the district's total enrollment).
Jefferson Primary School accounts for 16.6% of all Berkeley Sd 87 student enrollment
That concentration means Berkeley Sd 87-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.
Berkeley Sd 87 student-counselor ratio is 358:1 — 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.
Berkeley Sd 87 chronic absenteeism rate is 37.4% — 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.