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Bushnell, Illinois - 3 schools
An equity score of 54/100 ranks Bushnell Prairie City Cusd 170 #55 of 763 districts in Illinois (state average 38). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $15,847 per pupil, Bushnell Prairie City Cusd 170 ranks #432 of 848 Illinois districts by per-pupil spending (Illinois districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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Total Enrollment
3
Schools
$15,847
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Bushnell Prairie City Cusd 170 operates 3 public schools serving 653 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 Mcdonough County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $15,847 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 43.1% local, 45.7% state, and 11.2% federal, a balanced mix across local, state, and federal sources, spreading budget risk across funding cycles rather than concentrating it in one. The district's equity score is 54/100, ranked #55 of 763 in Illinois against a state average of 38, notably more even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
a 175:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 32.6% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 87.4% White, 3.6% Hispanic or Latino, 3.3% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Bushnell-Prairie City Elem Sch, with a diversity index of 24.0/100.
Bushnell-Prairie City Elem Sch accounts for 45.3% of all Bushnell Prairie City Cusd 170 student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Bushnell Prairie City Cusd 170 a distant remainder — means Bushnell Prairie City Cusd 170-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.
Bushnell Prairie City Cusd 170 school enrollment varies 2.3× across entities
Bushnell Prairie City Cusd 170 school enrollment ranges from 131 students (lowest) to 296 students (highest), a spread of 165 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.
Bushnell Prairie City Cusd 170 student-counselor ratio is 175:1 — low (typically associated with meeting or exceeding the American School Counselor Association (ASCA) recommended 250:1 benchmark, which correlates with stronger college and career counseling capacity)
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 Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.
Bushnell Prairie City Cusd 170 chronic absenteeism rate is 32.6% — 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.
Comparisons are relative to Bushnell Prairie City Cusd 170's own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data and the F-33 Finance Survey.
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