Big Hollow School District

Listed by NCES as Big Hollow SD 38 (district ID 1706270)

Public school district · Lake County · Illinois · NCES district ID 1706270

Big Hollow School District spent $15,231 per student on current operations in fiscal year 2022-23, below the middle: 74% of the other Illinois districts with at least 1,000 students in fall 2022 spent more (median $18,127). Its 3 schools enrolled 1,653 students in 2024-25; 40.1% of its revenue came from the state. Census Bureau figures for 2023-24 put it at $16,961 per student, up 11.4% on the year before (U.S. $17,619 that year).

NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23 · Census Bureau school finances 2023-24 · NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 · method

Spending per student among Illinois districts of similar size

Current spending per student excludes construction and debt. The 9 districts closest to Big Hollow in enrollment (1,703 to 1,771 students) and Big Hollow itself.

Current spending per student, Illinois districts closest in size to Big Hollow, FY23Winnetka SD 36 $30,925; Riverside SD 96 $19,929; Johnsburg Community Unit School District 12 $19,254; Evergreen Park Elementary School District 124 $18,637; Ottawa Elementary $18,290; Harrisburg CUSD 3 $17,670; Prairie Central CUSD 8 $15,986; Big Hollow $15,231; Kinnikinnick CCSD 131 $13,771; Olympia CUSD 16 $12,107; State median, 1,000+ students $18,127.10k20k30k40kWinnetka SD 36$30,925Riverside SD 96$19,929Johnsburg Community Unit Schoo…$19,254Evergreen Park Elementary Scho…$18,637Ottawa Elementary$18,290Harrisburg CUSD 3$17,670Prairie Central CUSD 8$15,986Big Hollow$15,231Kinnikinnick CCSD 131$13,771Olympia CUSD 16$12,107State median, 1,000+ students $18,127
Current spending per student, Illinois districts closest in size to Big Hollow, FY23Winnetka SD 36 $30,925; Riverside SD 96 $19,929; Johnsburg Community Unit School District 12 $19,254; Evergreen Park Elementary School District 124 $18,637; Ottawa Elementary $18,290; Harrisburg CUSD 3 $17,670; Prairie Central CUSD 8 $15,986; Big Hollow $15,231; Kinnikinnick CCSD 131 $13,771; Olympia CUSD 16 $12,107; State median, 1,000+ students $18,127.10k20k30k40kWinnetka SD 36$30,925Riverside SD 96$19,929Johnsburg Community Unit School Dis…$19,254Evergreen Park Elementary School Di…$18,637Ottawa Elementary$18,290Harrisburg CUSD 3$17,670Prairie Central CUSD 8$15,986Big Hollow$15,231Kinnikinnick CCSD 131$13,771Olympia CUSD 16$12,107State median, 1,000+ students $18,127
Current spending per student, Illinois districts closest in size to Big Hollow, FY23Winnetka SD 36 $30,925; Riverside SD 96 $19,929; Johnsburg Community Unit School District 12 $19,254; Evergreen Park Elementary School District 124 $18,637; Ottawa Elementary $18,290; Harrisburg CUSD 3 $17,670; Prairie Central CUSD 8 $15,986; Big Hollow $15,231; Kinnikinnick CCSD 131 $13,771; Olympia CUSD 16 $12,107; State median, 1,000+ students $18,127.10k20k30k40kWinnetka SD 36$30,925Riverside SD 96$19,929Johnsburg Community Unit School District 12$19,254Evergreen Park Elementary School District 1…$18,637Ottawa Elementary$18,290Harrisburg CUSD 3$17,670Prairie Central CUSD 8$15,986Big Hollow$15,231Kinnikinnick CCSD 131$13,771Olympia CUSD 16$12,107State median, 1,000+ students $18,127
Current spending per student, Illinois districts closest in size to Big Hollow, FY23Winnetka SD 36 $30,925; Riverside SD 96 $19,929; Johnsburg Community Unit School District 12 $19,254; Evergreen Park Elementary School District 124 $18,637; Ottawa Elementary $18,290; Harrisburg CUSD 3 $17,670; Prairie Central CUSD 8 $15,986; Big Hollow $15,231; Kinnikinnick CCSD 131 $13,771; Olympia CUSD 16 $12,107; State median, 1,000+ students $18,127.10k20k30k40kWinnetka SD 36$30,925Riverside SD 96$19,929Johnsburg Community Unit School Distric…$19,254Evergreen Park Elementary School Distri…$18,637Ottawa Elementary$18,290Harrisburg CUSD 3$17,670Prairie Central CUSD 8$15,986Big Hollow$15,231Kinnikinnick CCSD 131$13,771Olympia CUSD 16$12,107State median, 1,000+ students $18,127

Where the money came from

$35,584,000 in revenue: 40.1% state, 54.4% local and 5.4% federal. Total spending including $481,000 of capital outlay was $31,868,000, or $18,273 per student; the figure above leaves capital out.

Big Hollow School District revenue by source, fiscal year 2022-23State $14,281,000; Local $19,374,000; Federal $1,929,000; total $35,584,000.
  • State$14,281,000 40%
  • Local$19,374,000 54%
  • Federal$1,929,000 5%

Source: NCES F-33 school district finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23: current expenditures for elementary and secondary education divided by fall membership; the state median covers 377 districts with at least 1,000 students in fall 2022. Revenue by source (TOTALREV, TFEDREV, TSTREV, TLOCREV).

Enrollment fell from 2022-23 to 2024-25

1,744 students in 2022-23, 1,698 students in 2023-24, 1,653 students in 2024-25, counted across the schools that reported each year.

Big Hollow School District enrollment by school year2022-23: 1,744, 2023-24: 1,698, 2024-25: 1,65305001k1.5k2k2022-231,7442023-241,6982024-251,653
Big Hollow School District enrollment by school year2022-23: 1,744, 2023-24: 1,698, 2024-25: 1,65305001k1.5k2k2022-231,7442023-241,6982024-251,653
Big Hollow School District enrollment by school year2022-23: 1,744, 2023-24: 1,698, 2024-25: 1,65305001k1.5k2k2022-231,7442023-241,6982024-251,653
Big Hollow School District enrollment by school year2022-23: 1,744, 2023-24: 1,698, 2024-25: 1,65305001k1.5k2k2022-231,7442023-241,6982024-251,653

Teachers and students per teacher

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Per teacher
2022-231,744119.014.7
2023-241,698118.014.4
2024-251,653128.212.9

Source: NCES Common Core of Data membership and staff files, 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25; sums over the schools reporting each year.

State test results, 2021-22

In 2021-22, the students tested in Big Hollow School District scored proficient or above: 23% in reading, against 29.9% in reading across Illinois. Each state writes its own test and sets its own proficiency bar, so compare these within Illinois, not across states.

Students proficient or above, 2021-22
SubjectThis districtIllinoisStudents tested
Reading and language arts23%29.9%1,132

Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts state assessment results 2021-22, all students, from ED Data Express (the Data Rescue Project archive; ED has no 2022-23 result for this district): ED shows district results as ranges (for example 20-24%) to protect small groups.

2 elementary schools, 909 students

SchoolStudentsPer teacherFree lunchTitle I, 2021‑22
Big Hollow Elementary School52212.5not reportedTargeted program
Big Hollow Primary School38711.9not reportedTargeted program

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25; Title I status CCD 2021-22, the last year NCES published it. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count; not reported: the school sent NCES no meal count.

1 middle school, 744 students

SchoolStudentsPer teacherFree lunchTitle I, 2021‑22
Big Hollow Middle School74413.8not reportedEligible, no program

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25; Title I status CCD 2021-22, the last year NCES published it. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count; not reported: the school sent NCES no meal count.

Contact Big Hollow School District

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, local education agency directory 2024-25. Enrollment, boundaries and school assignment are the district's to confirm.

What to look at next about Big Hollow School District

  1. Illinois districts by spending per studentBig Hollow School District ranks 278 of 377 Illinois districts with at least 1,000 students in fall 2022 on current spending per student in fiscal year 2022-23 ($15,231).#278 of 377
  2. Every school district in IllinoisBig Hollow School District is the number 230 by size of 865 Illinois districts, with 1,744 students in fall 2022 (F-33).#230 of 865
  3. Ottawa Elementary School DistrictThe next larger Illinois district: 1,745 students in fall 2022, $18,290 per student in fiscal year 2022-23.$18,290
  4. Winnetka SD 36The next smaller Illinois district: 1,731 students in fall 2022, $30,925 per student in fiscal year 2022-23.$30,925
  5. Compare Big Hollow School District with Ottawa Elementary School DistrictEnrollment, spending, revenue sources and schools, side by side.
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Source: NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23 (spending per student and fall 2022 membership; ranks among the state's districts that reported them); NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (schools).

Questions about Big Hollow School District

  1. How many schools and students are in Big Hollow School District?
    3 schools were open in 2024-25 (2 elementary, 1 middle), enrolling 1,653 students, according to the NCES Common Core of Data.
  2. How much does Big Hollow School District spend per student?
    $15,231 per student on current operations in fiscal year 2022-23 (NCES F-33), which leaves out construction and debt; the Illinois median for districts with at least 1,000 students in fall 2022 is $18,127 and the U.S. figure is $16,260. Census Bureau figures for 2023-24 put it at $16,961 per student, up 11.4% on the year before (U.S. $17,619 that year).
  3. Where does Big Hollow School District's money come from?
    $35,584,000 in revenue in fiscal year 2022-23: 40.1% state, 54.4% local and 5.4% federal (NCES F-33).
  4. How many children in Big Hollow School District live in poverty?
    The Census Bureau estimates that 109 of the 1,794 children aged 5 to 17 living within the district's boundaries in 2024, 6.1%, were in families in poverty (Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates). It is a model-based estimate for everyone living in the district, not a count of its students; the free-meal shares in the school tables are counts of enrolled students.
  5. How do students in Big Hollow School District do on state tests?
    In 2021-22, the students tested in Big Hollow School District scored proficient or above: 23% in reading, against 29.9% in reading across Illinois. Illinois's own test sets what proficient means, so results compare within the state, not across states. Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts state assessment results, 2021-22.
  6. What is Big Hollow School District's NCES district ID?
    1706270. Each of its schools' 12-digit NCES IDs begins with these seven digits.

Reading these figures: how to choose a school district, what Title I means and what an absenteeism rate means. They are for information and are not a substitute for the school's or district's own records.

Sources

Every federal file behind this record
  • NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25: directory, membership, staff and lunch files. nces.ed.gov
  • NCES Common Core of Data, 2021-22 school characteristics: Title I status. nces.ed.gov
  • Civil Rights Data Collection, 2021-22: AP courses, gifted programs, counselors, discipline. civilrightsdata.ed.gov
  • EDFacts, 2022-23: chronic absenteeism. ed.gov
  • EDFacts state assessment results, 2021-22: reading and math proficiency for the district and its state (ED Data Express). eddataexpress.ed.gov
  • U.S. Census Bureau, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, 2024: children aged 5 to 17 and those in families in poverty, by school district. census.gov
  • U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances, fiscal year 2023-24: per pupil current spending for 2023-24 and 2022-23. census.gov
  • NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, fiscal year 2022-23: district spending and revenue. nces.ed.gov
  • U.S. Census Bureau geocoder and TIGER school districts: the district boundary used by the district finder. census.gov

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances Per pupil current spending by school system · FY 2023-24

Source: NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey Revenue and expenditures by district · FY 2022-23

Source: NCES Common Core of Data School directory, membership, staff and lunch files · 2024-25

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