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Des Plaines, Illinois - 11 schools
An equity score of 52/100 ranks Ccsd 62 #76 of 763 districts in Illinois (state average 38). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $25,337 per pupil, Ccsd 62 ranks #48 of 848 Illinois districts by per-pupil spending (Illinois districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
4,261
Total Enrollment
11
Schools
$25,337
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, Middle
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Ccsd 62 operates 11 public schools serving 4,261 students, placing it among the smaller districts in Illinois. The school portfolio breaks down into 8 elementary, 2 middle, 1 combined 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 Cook County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $25,337 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, among the top 85 of 848 Illinois districts by per-pupil spending. See how Illinois compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 66.9% local, 25.4% state, and 7.7% federal, a local-revenue-heavy mix that leaves the district more exposed to property-tax swings and local ballot measures than state-funded peers. The district's equity score is 52/100, ranked #76 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.
a 126.5:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 24.4% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 39.6% Hispanic or Latino, 36.0% White, 17.0% Asian across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is North Elementary School, with a diversity index of 71.1/100.
Its largest campus is Forest Elem School, enrolling 658 students (15% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Terrace Elem School, at 206 students, a 3x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Ccsd 62 school enrollment varies 3.2× across entities
Ccsd 62 school enrollment ranges from 206 students (lowest) to 658 students (highest), a spread of 452 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.
Ccsd 62 student-counselor ratio is 127:1 — well below typical (typically associated with unusually small scale or exceptionally high per-unit investment)
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 Values this far below typical often correlate with unusually small scale or population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se — worth checking whether the underlying denominator is itself an outlier.
Ccsd 62 chronic absenteeism rate is 24.4% — 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 Ccsd 62 is typically wider than the Ccsd 62-aggregate figure suggests.