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Chicago Heights, Illinois - 10 schools
An equity score of 58/100 ranks Chicago Heights Sd 170 #22 of 763 districts in Illinois (state average 38). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $21,577 per pupil, Chicago Heights Sd 170 ranks #128 of 848 Illinois districts by per-pupil spending (Illinois districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
2,715
Total Enrollment
10
Schools
$21,577
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, Elementary
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Chicago Heights Sd 170 operates 10 public schools serving 2,715 students, placing it among the smaller districts in Illinois. The school portfolio breaks down into 6 combined, 3 elementary, 1 middle 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 $21,577 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 25.3% local, 52.4% state, and 22.3% 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 58/100, ranked #22 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 392:1 student-counselor ratio, well above the ASCA benchmark though still under the roughly 408:1 national average, and 51.7% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 62.9% Hispanic or Latino, 33.7% African American, 2.5% White across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Wilson Elem School, with a diversity index of 49.4/100.
Its largest campus is Chicago Heights Middle School, enrolling 872 students (33% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Lincoln Elem School, at 84 students, a 10x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Chicago Heights Middle School accounts for 32.1% of all Chicago Heights Sd 170 student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Chicago Heights Sd 170-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: middle. 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.
Chicago Heights Sd 170 school enrollment varies 10× across entities
Chicago Heights Sd 170 school enrollment ranges from 84 students (lowest) to 872 students (highest), a spread of 788 students. That spread 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.
Chicago Heights Sd 170 student-counselor ratio is 392:1 — 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.
Chicago Heights Sd 170 chronic absenteeism rate is 51.7% — 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.