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Dunlap, Illinois - 8 schools
An equity score of 8/100 ranks Dunlap Cusd 323 #758 of 763 districts in Illinois (state average 38). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $11,788 per pupil, Dunlap Cusd 323 ranks #793 of 848 Illinois districts by per-pupil spending (Illinois districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
4,736
Total Enrollment
8
Schools
$11,788
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, Combined
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Dunlap Cusd 323 operates 8 public schools serving 4,736 students, placing it among the smaller districts in Illinois. The school portfolio breaks down into 3 elementary, 2 combined, 2 middle, 1 high 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 Peoria County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $11,788 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, among the bottom 85 of 848 Illinois districts by per-pupil spending. See how Illinois compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 67.1% local, 25.5% state, and 7.4% 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 8/100, ranked #758 of 763 in Illinois against a state average of 38, notably less even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 8 schools offering Advanced Placement (20 AP courses district-wide), a 472.2:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 12.5% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 59.0% White, 20.5% Asian, 8.9% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Wilder-Waite Grade School, with a diversity index of 65.8/100.
Its largest campus is Dunlap High School, enrolling 1,420 students (29% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Dunlap Grade School, at 253 students, a 6x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Dunlap High School accounts for 29.4% of all Dunlap Cusd 323 student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Dunlap Cusd 323-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: high. 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.
Dunlap Cusd 323 school enrollment varies 5.6× across entities
Dunlap Cusd 323 school enrollment ranges from 253 students (lowest) to 1,420 students (highest), a spread of 1,167 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.
Dunlap Cusd 323 student-counselor ratio is 472:1 — high (typically associated with staffing constraints that limit per-student counselor time; CRDC data shows higher ratios cluster in larger urban systems)
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 Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.
Dunlap Cusd 323 chronic absenteeism rate is 12.5% — low (typically associated with lower-than-average attendance disruption; districts in this range often have attendance interventions, robust transportation, or smaller catchments that reduce barriers)
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 Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.