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Cahokia, Illinois - 8 schools
An equity score of 51/100 ranks Cahokia Cusd 187 #88 of 763 districts in Illinois (state average 38). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $22,137 per pupil, Cahokia Cusd 187 ranks #110 of 848 Illinois districts by per-pupil spending (Illinois districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
3,087
Total Enrollment
8
Schools
$22,137
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, Elementary
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Cahokia Cusd 187 operates 8 public schools serving 3,087 students, placing it among the smaller districts in Illinois. The school portfolio breaks down into 3 combined, 3 elementary, 1 high, 1 middle schools, a compact enough portfolio that families can compare every campus directly before they move, rent, or enrol. 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 $22,137 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 19.7% local, 58.8% state, and 21.5% federal, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles. The district's equity score is 51/100, ranked #88 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.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 8 schools offering Advanced Placement (3 AP courses district-wide), a 212.5:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 63.1% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 88.6% African American, 3.2% White, 2.7% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Maplewood Elem School, with a diversity index of 31.4/100.
Its largest campus is Cahokia High School, enrolling 850 students (28% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Estelle Sauget School of Choice, at 240 students, a 4x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Cahokia High School accounts for 27.5% of all Cahokia Cusd 187 student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Cahokia Cusd 187-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: high. 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.
Cahokia Cusd 187 school enrollment varies 3.5× across entities
Cahokia Cusd 187 school enrollment ranges from 240 students (lowest) to 850 students (highest), a spread of 610 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.
Cahokia Cusd 187 student-counselor ratio is 213:1 — 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.
Cahokia Cusd 187 chronic absenteeism rate is 63.1% — 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.