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Cerro Gordo, Illinois - 2 schools
An equity score of 44/100 ranks Cerro Gordo Cusd 100 #255 of 763 districts in Illinois (state average 38). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $15,035 per pupil, Cerro Gordo Cusd 100 ranks #500 of 848 Illinois districts by per-pupil spending (Illinois districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
460
Total Enrollment
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$15,035
Per-Pupil Spending
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Cerro Gordo Cusd 100 operates 2 public schools serving 460 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 Piatt County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $15,035 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 51.3% local, 38.0% state, and 10.7% 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 44/100, ranked #255 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.
a 246:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 18.9% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 91.6% White, 5.1% Hispanic or Latino, 1.7% African American across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Cerro Gordo Elem School, enrolling 246 students (52% of the district's total enrollment).
Cerro Gordo Elem School accounts for 51.9% of all Cerro Gordo Cusd 100 student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Cerro Gordo Cusd 100 a distant remainder — means Cerro Gordo Cusd 100-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.
Cerro Gordo Cusd 100 student-counselor ratio is 246:1 — low (typically associated with meeting or exceeding the American School Counselor Association (ASCA) recommended 250:1 benchmark, which correlates with stronger college and career counseling capacity)
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 Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.
Cerro Gordo Cusd 100 chronic absenteeism rate is 18.9% — 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 Cerro Gordo Cusd 100 is typically wider than the Cerro Gordo Cusd 100-aggregate figure suggests.