An equity score of 36/100 ranks Cusd 300 #429 of 763 districts in Illinois (state average 38). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $16,386 per pupil, Cusd 300 ranks #387 of 848 Illinois districts by per-pupil spending (Illinois districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
20,443
Total Enrollment
27
Schools
$16,386
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, Combined
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Cusd 300 operates 27 public schools serving 20,443 students, placing it in the mid-size range in Illinois. The school portfolio breaks down into 11 elementary, 9 combined, 4 middle, 3 high schools, giving families a clear picture of grade-band coverage 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 Mchenry County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $16,386 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 56.0% local, 36.4% state, and 7.6% 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 36/100, ranked #429 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 3 of 27 schools offering Advanced Placement (59 AP courses district-wide), a 229.4:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 28.1% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 45.8% Hispanic or Latino, 40.7% White, 4.5% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Cambridge Lakes Charter School, with a diversity index of 70.4/100.
Its largest campus is Dundee-Crown High School, enrolling 2,573 students (12% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Delacey Family Educ Ctr, at 210 students, a 12x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Cusd 300 school enrollment varies 12× across entities
Cusd 300 school enrollment ranges from 210 students (lowest) to 2,573 students (highest), a spread of 2,363 students. That spread sits on the wider side of typical variation and 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.
Cusd 300 student-counselor ratio is 229:1: 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.
Cusd 300 chronic absenteeism rate is 28.1%: slightly above the ~28 national average, 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 Sitting just over the national figure still leaves meaningful room for sub-unit variation that the aggregate number hides. Variation between sub-units within Cusd 300 is typically wider than the Cusd 300-aggregate figure suggests.