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Berwyn, Illinois - 4 schools
An equity score of 55/100 ranks Berwyn North Sd 98 #44 of 763 districts in Illinois (state average 38). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $19,807 per pupil, Berwyn North Sd 98 ranks #187 of 848 Illinois districts by per-pupil spending (Illinois districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
2,519
Total Enrollment
4
Schools
$19,807
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, Middle
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Berwyn North Sd 98 operates 4 public schools serving 2,519 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Illinois. The school portfolio breaks down into 3 combined, 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 Cook County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $19,807 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 17.4% local, 67.0% state, and 15.6% 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 55/100, ranked #44 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 396.5:1 student-counselor ratio, well above the ASCA benchmark though still under the roughly 408:1 national average, and 35.1% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 80.5% Hispanic or Latino, 11.5% African American, 5.4% White across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Prairie Oak School, with a diversity index of 39.2/100.
Its largest campus is Lincoln Middle School, enrolling 793 students (33% of the district's total enrollment).
Lincoln Middle School accounts for 31.5% of all Berwyn North Sd 98 student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Berwyn North Sd 98-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.
Berwyn North Sd 98 student-counselor ratio is 397:1 — 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.
Berwyn North Sd 98 chronic absenteeism rate is 35.1% — 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.