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Ingleside, Illinois - 3 schools
An equity score of 36/100 ranks Big Hollow Sd 38 #444 of 763 districts in Illinois (state average 38). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $14,907 per pupil, Big Hollow Sd 38 ranks #513 of 848 Illinois districts by per-pupil spending (Illinois districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
1,744
Total Enrollment
3
Schools
$14,907
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, Combined
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Big Hollow Sd 38 operates 3 public schools serving 1,744 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Illinois. The school portfolio breaks down into 2 elementary, 1 combined 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 Lake County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $14,907 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the lower half of 848 Illinois districts by per-pupil spending. See how Illinois compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 51.0% local, 38.2% state, and 10.7% 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 36/100, ranked #444 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.
and 24.8% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 49.7% White, 33.4% Hispanic or Latino, 5.7% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Big Hollow Primary School, with a diversity index of 65.6/100.
Its largest campus is Big Hollow Middle School, enrolling 744 students (45% of the district's total enrollment).
Big Hollow Middle School accounts for 42.7% of all Big Hollow Sd 38 student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Big Hollow Sd 38-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: elementary. 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.
Big Hollow Sd 38 chronic absenteeism rate is 24.8% — 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 Big Hollow Sd 38 is typically wider than the Big Hollow Sd 38-aggregate figure suggests.