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Carlyle, Illinois - 3 schools
An equity score of 42/100 ranks Carlyle Cusd 1 #298 of 763 districts in Illinois (state average 38). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $14,288 per pupil, Carlyle Cusd 1 ranks #570 of 848 Illinois districts by per-pupil spending (Illinois districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
962
Total Enrollment
3
Schools
$14,288
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Carlyle Cusd 1 operates 3 public schools serving 962 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Illinois. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 combined, 1 high, 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 Clinton County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $14,288 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 47.2% local, 39.9% state, and 12.9% 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 #298 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 (3 AP courses district-wide), a 322.5:1 student-counselor ratio, somewhat above the 250:1 ASCA recommendation, and 33.7% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 89.6% White, 2.7% African American, 2.4% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Carlyle Junior High School, with a diversity index of 23.5/100.
Its largest campus is Carlyle Elementary School, enrolling 364 students (39% of the district's total enrollment).
Carlyle Elementary School accounts for 37.8% of all Carlyle Cusd 1 student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Carlyle Cusd 1-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.
Carlyle Cusd 1 student-counselor ratio is 323:1 — near the typical range (US average ~408) — within the typical range for U.S. public districts
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 Variation between sub-units within Carlyle Cusd 1 is typically wider than the Carlyle Cusd 1-aggregate figure suggests.
Carlyle Cusd 1 chronic absenteeism rate is 33.7% — 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.