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Byron, Illinois - 3 schools
An equity score of 37/100 ranks Byron Cusd 226 #418 of 763 districts in Illinois (state average 38). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $19,509 per pupil, Byron Cusd 226 ranks #198 of 848 Illinois districts by per-pupil spending (Illinois districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
1,466
Total Enrollment
3
Schools
$19,509
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Byron Cusd 226 operates 3 public schools serving 1,466 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 Ogle County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $19,509 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 75.1% local, 20.4% state, and 4.5% 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 37/100, ranked #418 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.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 3 schools offering Advanced Placement (7 AP courses district-wide), a 383.9:1 student-counselor ratio, well above the ASCA benchmark though still under the roughly 408:1 national average, and 21.3% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 85.4% White, 8.9% Hispanic or Latino, 0.6% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Byron High School 9-12, with a diversity index of 27.1/100.
Its largest campus is Mary Morgan Elem Sch, enrolling 631 students (43% of the district's total enrollment).
Mary Morgan Elem Sch accounts for 43.0% of all Byron Cusd 226 student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Byron Cusd 226-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.
Byron Cusd 226 student-counselor ratio is 384:1 — high (typically associated with staffing constraints that limit per-student counselor time; CRDC data shows higher ratios cluster in larger urban systems)
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 Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.
Byron Cusd 226 chronic absenteeism rate is 21.3% — 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 Byron Cusd 226 is typically wider than the Byron Cusd 226-aggregate figure suggests.