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Delavan, Illinois - 3 schools
An equity score of 45/100 ranks Delavan Cusd 703 #233 of 763 districts in Illinois (state average 38). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $15,375 per pupil, Delavan Cusd 703 ranks #470 of 848 Illinois districts by per-pupil spending (Illinois districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
417
Total Enrollment
3
Schools
$15,375
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Delavan Cusd 703 operates 3 public schools serving 417 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 Tazewell County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $15,375 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 56.7% local, 34.7% state, and 8.6% 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 45/100, ranked #233 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.
a 125:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 21.6% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 96.5% White, 0.6% African American, 0.5% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Delavan Elementary School, with a diversity index of 9.1/100.
Its largest campus is Delavan Elementary School, enrolling 191 students (51% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Delavan Jr High School, at 55 students, a 3x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Delavan Elementary School accounts for 45.8% of all Delavan Cusd 703 student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Delavan Cusd 703 a distant remainder — means Delavan Cusd 703-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.
Delavan Cusd 703 school enrollment varies 3.5× across entities
Delavan Cusd 703 school enrollment ranges from 55 students (lowest) to 191 students (highest), a spread of 136 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.
Delavan Cusd 703 student-counselor ratio is 125:1 — well below typical (typically associated with unusually small scale or exceptionally high per-unit investment)
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 Values this far below typical often correlate with unusually small scale or population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se — worth checking whether the underlying denominator is itself an outlier.
Delavan Cusd 703 chronic absenteeism rate is 21.6% — 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 Delavan Cusd 703 is typically wider than the Delavan Cusd 703-aggregate figure suggests.