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Cuba, Illinois - 3 schools
An equity score of 54/100 ranks Cusd 3 Fulton County #60 of 763 districts in Illinois (state average 38). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $21,384 per pupil, Cusd 3 Fulton County ranks #133 of 848 Illinois districts by per-pupil spending (Illinois districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
399
Total Enrollment
3
Schools
$21,384
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Cusd 3 Fulton County operates 3 public schools serving 399 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 Fulton County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $21,384 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 56.9% local, 34.6% state, and 8.5% 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 54/100, ranked #60 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.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 3 schools offering Advanced Placement (3 AP courses district-wide), a 191.3:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 21.5% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 95.1% White, 0.6% Hispanic or Latino, 0.5% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Cuba Sr High School, with a diversity index of 14.6/100.
Its largest campus is Cuba Elem School, enrolling 188 students (49% of the district's total enrollment).
Cuba Elem School accounts for 47.1% of all Cusd 3 Fulton County student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Cusd 3 Fulton County a distant remainder — means Cusd 3 Fulton County-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.
Cusd 3 Fulton County school enrollment varies 2.4× across entities
Cusd 3 Fulton County school enrollment ranges from 80 students (lowest) to 188 students (highest), a spread of 108 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.
Cusd 3 Fulton County student-counselor ratio is 191:1 — 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.
Cusd 3 Fulton County chronic absenteeism rate is 21.5% — 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 Cusd 3 Fulton County is typically wider than the Cusd 3 Fulton County-aggregate figure suggests.