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Riverdale, Illinois - 10 schools
An equity score of 63/100 ranks Dolton Sd 148 #8 of 763 districts in Illinois (state average 38). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $20,678 per pupil, Dolton Sd 148 ranks #155 of 848 Illinois districts by per-pupil spending (Illinois districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
1,984
Total Enrollment
10
Schools
$20,678
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, Middle
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Dolton Sd 148 operates 10 public schools serving 1,984 students, placing it among the smaller districts in Illinois. The school portfolio breaks down into 6 elementary, 3 middle, 1 combined schools, a compact enough portfolio that families can compare every campus directly 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 Cook County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $20,678 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 32.1% local, 55.4% state, and 12.5% federal, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles. The district's equity score is 63/100, ranked #8 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.
and 59.2% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 91.3% African American, 6.1% Hispanic or Latino, 0.6% White across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Lincoln Elementary School, with a diversity index of 25.0/100.
Its largest campus is Lincoln Elementary School, enrolling 342 students (16% of the district's total enrollment).
Lincoln Elementary School accounts for 16.5% of all Dolton Sd 148 student enrollment
That concentration means Dolton Sd 148-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: elementary. 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.
Dolton Sd 148 school enrollment varies 2.9× across entities
Dolton Sd 148 school enrollment ranges from 118 students (lowest) to 342 students (highest), a spread of 224 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.
Dolton Sd 148 chronic absenteeism rate is 59.2% — well above typical (typically associated with unusually large scale or acute resource constraints)
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 Values this far above typical often signal acute resource constraints or a structurally different scale than most peers — worth reading alongside the underlying counts, not the ratio alone.