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Farmer City, Illinois - 3 schools
An equity score of 44/100 ranks Blue Ridge Cusd 18 #251 of 763 districts in Illinois (state average 38). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $17,795 per pupil, Blue Ridge Cusd 18 ranks #293 of 848 Illinois districts by per-pupil spending (Illinois districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
670
Total Enrollment
3
Schools
$17,795
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, Elementary
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Blue Ridge Cusd 18 operates 3 public schools serving 670 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Illinois. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 combined, 1 elementary, 1 high 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 De Witt County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $17,795 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 62.5% local, 28.1% state, and 9.4% 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 44/100, ranked #251 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.
a 72.4:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 32.5% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 90.3% White, 2.6% Hispanic or Latino, 0.5% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Blue Ridge High School, with a diversity index of 21.1/100.
Its largest campus is Ruth M Schneider Elem School, enrolling 265 students (41% of the district's total enrollment).
Ruth M Schneider Elem School accounts for 39.6% of all Blue Ridge Cusd 18 student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Blue Ridge Cusd 18-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.
Blue Ridge Cusd 18 student-counselor ratio is 72:1 — well below typical (typically associated with unusually small scale or exceptionally high per-unit investment)
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 Values this far below typical often correlate with unusually small scale or population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se — worth checking whether the underlying denominator is itself an outlier.
Blue Ridge Cusd 18 chronic absenteeism rate is 32.5% — 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.