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Buncombe, Illinois - 1 schools
At $13,316 per pupil, Buncombe Cons Sd 43 ranks #659 of 848 Illinois districts by per-pupil spending (Illinois districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Buncombe Cons Sd 43 operates 1 public schools serving 62 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Illinois. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 elementary 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 Johnson County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $13,316 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 39.0% local, 42.7% state, and 18.3% federal, a balanced mix across local, state, and federal sources, spreading budget risk across funding cycles rather than concentrating it in one.
and 19.6% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 88.2% White, 2.0% Hispanic or Latino, 2.0% African American across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Buncombe Cons School, enrolling 51 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
Buncombe Cons School accounts for 82.3% of all Buncombe Cons Sd 43 student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Buncombe Cons Sd 43 a distant remainder — means Buncombe Cons Sd 43-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.
Buncombe Cons Sd 43 chronic absenteeism rate is 19.6% — 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 Buncombe Cons Sd 43 is typically wider than the Buncombe Cons Sd 43-aggregate figure suggests.