An equity score of 37/100 ranks Champaign Cusd 4 #408 of 763 districts in Illinois (state average 38). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $17,883 per pupil, Champaign Cusd 4 ranks #287 of 848 Illinois districts by per-pupil spending (Illinois districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
10,282
Total Enrollment
18
Schools
$17,883
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, Middle
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Champaign Cusd 4 operates 18 public schools serving 10,282 students, placing it among the smaller districts in Illinois. The school portfolio breaks down into 12 elementary, 3 middle, 2 high, 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 Champaign County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $17,883 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the upper half of 848 Illinois districts by per-pupil spending. See how Illinois compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 63.3% local, 26.0% 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 37/100, ranked #408 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.
Academic infrastructure includes 2 of 18 schools offering Advanced Placement (31 AP courses district-wide), a 215.8:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 40.8% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 40.5% African American, 26.5% White, 16.2% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Robeson Elem School, with a diversity index of 74.3/100.
Its largest campus is Central High School, enrolling 1,666 students (16% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Washington Elem School, at 265 students, a 6x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Central High School accounts for 15.7% of all Champaign Cusd 4 student enrollment
That concentration means Champaign Cusd 4-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.
Champaign Cusd 4 school enrollment varies 6.3× across entities
Champaign Cusd 4 school enrollment ranges from 265 students (lowest) to 1,666 students (highest), a spread of 1,401 students. That spread sits on the tighter side of typical variation, though it still reflects typical mixed-portfolio variation between specialty programs and large neighbourhood schools. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Champaign Cusd 4 student-counselor ratio is 216:1: on the low side (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.
Champaign Cusd 4 chronic absenteeism rate is 40.8%: well above typical (strongly associated with higher-than-average disruption; recent CRDC data showed elevated rates persisting after pandemic-era schooling changes)
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 the benchmark warrant a closer look at the underlying sub-units rather than treating the aggregate as representative.