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Carmi, Illinois - 6 schools
An equity score of 24/100 ranks Carmi-White County Cusd 5 #659 of 763 districts in Illinois (state average 38). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $13,075 per pupil, Carmi-White County Cusd 5 ranks #688 of 848 Illinois districts by per-pupil spending (Illinois districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
1,329
Total Enrollment
6
Schools
$13,075
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Carmi-White County Cusd 5 operates 6 public schools serving 1,329 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Illinois. The school portfolio breaks down into 3 elementary, 1 high, 1 middle, 1 combined 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 White County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $13,075 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 40.8% local, 45.9% state, and 13.3% 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 24/100, ranked #659 of 763 in Illinois against a state average of 38, notably less even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
a 327.6:1 student-counselor ratio, well above the ASCA benchmark though still under the roughly 408:1 national average, and 43.9% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 90.8% White, 2.7% Hispanic or Latino, 1.0% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Prekindergarten Facility, with a diversity index of 25.3/100.
Its largest campus is Carmi-White County High School, enrolling 419 students (33% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Prekindergarten Facility, at 72 students, a 6x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Carmi-White County High School accounts for 31.5% of all Carmi-White County Cusd 5 student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Carmi-White County Cusd 5-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.
Carmi-White County Cusd 5 school enrollment varies 5.8× across entities
Carmi-White County Cusd 5 school enrollment ranges from 72 students (lowest) to 419 students (highest), a spread of 347 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.
Carmi-White County Cusd 5 student-counselor ratio is 328:1 — 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 Carmi-White County Cusd 5 is typically wider than the Carmi-White County Cusd 5-aggregate figure suggests.
Carmi-White County Cusd 5 chronic absenteeism rate is 43.9% — 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.