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Lovejoy, Illinois - 3 schools
At $17,194 per pupil, Brooklyn Ud 188 ranks #335 of 848 Illinois districts by per-pupil spending (Illinois districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
147
Total Enrollment
3
Schools
$17,194
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Brooklyn Ud 188 operates 3 public schools serving 147 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Illinois. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 combined, 1 high, 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 St. Clair County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $17,194 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 31.1% local, 40.6% state, and 28.3% federal, a balanced mix across local, state, and federal sources, spreading budget risk across funding cycles rather than concentrating it in one.
and 94.4% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 97.5% African American, 1.2% White, 1.2% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Lovejoy Technology Academy, with a diversity index of 14.0/100.
Its largest campus is Lovejoy Elementary School, enrolling 67 students (57% of the district's total enrollment).
Lovejoy Elementary School accounts for 45.6% of all Brooklyn Ud 188 student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Brooklyn Ud 188 a distant remainder — means Brooklyn Ud 188-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.
Brooklyn Ud 188 school enrollment varies 2.8× across entities
Brooklyn Ud 188 school enrollment ranges from 24 students (lowest) to 67 students (highest), a spread of 43 students. That relatively narrow ratio reflects an unusually homogeneous campus portfolio, most districts have a wider mix of school sizes. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Brooklyn Ud 188 chronic absenteeism rate is 94.4% — well above typical (typically associated with unusually large scale or acute resource constraints)
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 Values this far above typical often signal acute resource constraints or a structurally different scale than most peers — worth reading alongside the underlying counts, not the ratio alone.
Brooklyn Ud 188 has 3 schools, including 1 combined, 1 high, 1 middle. Total enrollment is 147 students.
How much does Brooklyn Ud 188 spend per student?
Brooklyn Ud 188 spends $17,194 per student.
What is the demographic composition of Brooklyn Ud 188?
Brooklyn Ud 188 students are 97.5% African American, 1.2% White, 1.2% Hispanic or Latino, averaged across 3 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.