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West Chicago, Illinois - 1 schools
An equity score of 29/100 ranks Chsd 94 #574 of 763 districts in Illinois (state average 38). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $17,619 per pupil, Chsd 94 ranks #310 of 848 Illinois districts by per-pupil spending (Illinois districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
2,076
Total Enrollment
1
Schools
$17,619
Per-Pupil Spending
High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Chsd 94 operates 1 public schools serving 2,076 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Illinois. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 high 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 Dupage County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $17,619 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 66.0% local, 27.5% state, and 6.4% 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 29/100, ranked #574 of 763 in Illinois against a state average of 38, notably less even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 1 schools offering Advanced Placement (23 AP courses district-wide), a 340:1 student-counselor ratio, well above the ASCA benchmark though still under the roughly 408:1 national average, and 25.8% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 71.9% Hispanic or Latino, 19.9% White, 3.4% Asian across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is West Chicago Comm High School, enrolling 2,040 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
West Chicago Comm High School accounts for 98.3% of all Chsd 94 student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Chsd 94 a distant remainder — means Chsd 94-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.
Chsd 94 student-counselor ratio is 340:1 — near the typical range (US average ~408) — within the typical range for U.S. public districts
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 Variation between sub-units within Chsd 94 is typically wider than the Chsd 94-aggregate figure suggests.
Chsd 94 chronic absenteeism rate is 25.8% — 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 Chsd 94 is typically wider than the Chsd 94-aggregate figure suggests.