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Casey, Illinois - 2 schools
An equity score of 26/100 ranks Casey-Westfield Cusd 4c #633 of 763 districts in Illinois (state average 38). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $12,693 per pupil, Casey-Westfield Cusd 4c ranks #731 of 848 Illinois districts by per-pupil spending (Illinois districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
899
Total Enrollment
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$12,693
Per-Pupil Spending
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School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Casey-Westfield Cusd 4c operates 2 public schools serving 899 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Illinois. The school portfolio breaks down into 2 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 Clark County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $12,693 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 37.4% local, 50.6% state, and 12.0% 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 26/100, ranked #633 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 355.3:1 student-counselor ratio, well above the ASCA benchmark though still under the roughly 408:1 national average, and 17.2% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 94.4% White, 2.0% Hispanic or Latino, 1.1% African American across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Monroe Elem School, enrolling 530 students (59% of the district's total enrollment).
Monroe Elem School accounts for 59.0% of all Casey-Westfield Cusd 4c student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Casey-Westfield Cusd 4c a distant remainder — means Casey-Westfield Cusd 4c-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.
Casey-Westfield Cusd 4c student-counselor ratio is 355:1 — 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.
Casey-Westfield Cusd 4c chronic absenteeism rate is 17.2% — 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 Casey-Westfield Cusd 4c is typically wider than the Casey-Westfield Cusd 4c-aggregate figure suggests.