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Calumet City, Illinois - 3 schools
An equity score of 42/100 ranks Calumet City Sd 155 #299 of 763 districts in Illinois (state average 38). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $15,183 per pupil, Calumet City Sd 155 ranks #488 of 848 Illinois districts by per-pupil spending (Illinois districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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Total Enrollment
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$15,183
Per-Pupil Spending
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School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Calumet City Sd 155 operates 3 public schools serving 955 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Illinois. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 combined, 1 elementary, 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 Cook County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $15,183 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 34.5% local, 49.6% state, and 16.0% 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 42/100, ranked #299 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.
and 51.4% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 56.7% African American, 38.4% Hispanic or Latino, 1.2% White across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Wentworth Intermediate School, with a diversity index of 53.5/100.
Its largest campus is Wilson Elementary School, enrolling 349 students (36% of the district's total enrollment).
Wilson Elementary School accounts for 36.1% of all Calumet City Sd 155 student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Calumet City Sd 155-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.
Calumet City Sd 155 chronic absenteeism rate is 51.4% — 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.
Calumet City Sd 155 has 3 schools, including 1 combined, 1 elementary, 1 middle. Total enrollment is 955 students.
How much does Calumet City Sd 155 spend per student?
Calumet City Sd 155 spends $15,183 per student. The district has an equity score of 42/100, ranking #299 in Illinois.
What is the demographic composition of Calumet City Sd 155?
Calumet City Sd 155 students are 56.7% African American, 38.4% Hispanic or Latino, 1.2% White, averaged across 3 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Calumet City Sd 155?
Calumet City Sd 155 has an equity score of 42/100, ranking #299 out of 763 districts in Illinois.