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Clay City, Illinois - 3 schools
An equity score of 47/100 ranks Clay City Cusd 10 #185 of 763 districts in Illinois (state average 38). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $13,276 per pupil, Clay City Cusd 10 ranks #664 of 848 Illinois districts by per-pupil spending (Illinois districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
269
Total Enrollment
3
Schools
$13,276
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Clay City Cusd 10 operates 3 public schools serving 269 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Illinois. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 combined, 1 high, 1 middle 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 Clay County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $13,276 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 40.3% local, 45.1% state, and 14.5% federal, a balanced mix across local, state, and federal sources, spreading budget risk across funding cycles rather than concentrating it in one. The district's equity score is 47/100, ranked #185 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 255.6:1 student-counselor ratio, somewhat above the 250:1 ASCA recommendation, and 41.7% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 98.4% White, 0.5% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Clay City Elem School, with a diversity index of 6.2/100.
Its largest campus is Clay City Elem School, enrolling 125 students (49% of the district's total enrollment).
Clay City Elem School accounts for 46.5% of all Clay City Cusd 10 student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Clay City Cusd 10 a distant remainder — means Clay City Cusd 10-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.
Clay City Cusd 10 school enrollment varies 2.1× across entities
Clay City Cusd 10 school enrollment ranges from 60 students (lowest) to 125 students (highest), a spread of 65 students. That relatively narrow ratio reflects an unusually homogeneous campus portfolio, most districts have a wider mix of school sizes. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Clay City Cusd 10 student-counselor ratio is 256:1 — 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 Clay City Cusd 10 is typically wider than the Clay City Cusd 10-aggregate figure suggests.
Clay City Cusd 10 chronic absenteeism rate is 41.7% — high (typically 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 Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.