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Du Quoin, Illinois - 3 schools
An equity score of 37/100 ranks Du Quoin Cusd 300 #421 of 763 districts in Illinois (state average 38). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $13,615 per pupil, Du Quoin Cusd 300 ranks #636 of 848 Illinois districts by per-pupil spending (Illinois districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
1,370
Total Enrollment
3
Schools
$13,615
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Du Quoin Cusd 300 operates 3 public schools serving 1,370 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Illinois. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 combined, 1 high, 1 elementary 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 Perry County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $13,615 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 29.9% local, 56.5% state, and 13.6% 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 37/100, ranked #421 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 1 of 3 schools offering Advanced Placement (2 AP courses district-wide), a 198.5:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 25.2% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 85.2% White, 3.4% African American, 2.4% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Du Quoin Elementary School, with a diversity index of 27.6/100.
Its largest campus is Du Quoin Elementary School, enrolling 556 students (42% of the district's total enrollment).
Du Quoin Elementary School accounts for 40.6% of all Du Quoin Cusd 300 student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Du Quoin Cusd 300-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.
Du Quoin Cusd 300 student-counselor ratio is 199:1 — 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.
Du Quoin Cusd 300 chronic absenteeism rate is 25.2% — 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 Du Quoin Cusd 300 is typically wider than the Du Quoin Cusd 300-aggregate figure suggests.