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Centralia, Illinois - 4 schools
An equity score of 56/100 ranks Centralia Sd 135 #36 of 763 districts in Illinois (state average 38). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $15,796 per pupil, Centralia Sd 135 ranks #437 of 848 Illinois districts by per-pupil spending (Illinois districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
1,089
Total Enrollment
4
Schools
$15,796
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, Combined
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Centralia Sd 135 operates 4 public schools serving 1,089 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Illinois. The school portfolio breaks down into 2 elementary, 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 Marion County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $15,796 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 26.6% local, 52.4% state, and 21.0% 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 56/100, ranked #36 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 559:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 58.4% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 55.2% White, 23.0% African American, 4.0% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Schiller Elem School, with a diversity index of 63.5/100.
Its largest campus is Centralia Jr High School, enrolling 559 students (52% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Centralia Pre-Kindergarten Ctr, at 11 students, a 51x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Centralia Jr High School accounts for 51.3% of all Centralia Sd 135 student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Centralia Sd 135 a distant remainder — means Centralia Sd 135-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: elementary. 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.
Centralia Sd 135 school enrollment varies 51× across entities
Centralia Sd 135 school enrollment ranges from 11 students (lowest) to 559 students (highest), a spread of 548 students. That ratio is among the widest observed and reflects extreme enrollment heterogeneity, the district operates both small specialty programs and large comprehensive campuses inside a single budgeting unit. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Centralia Sd 135 student-counselor ratio is 559:1 — well above typical (typically associated with unusually large scale or acute resource constraints)
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 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.
Centralia Sd 135 chronic absenteeism rate is 58.4% — 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.