An equity score of 51/100 ranks Dwight Twp Hsd 230 #97 of 759 districts in Illinois (state average 38). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $28,279 per pupil, Dwight Twp Hsd 230 ranks #39 of 845 Illinois districts by per-pupil spending (Illinois districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
215
Total Enrollment
1
Schools
$28,279
Per-Pupil Spending
High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Dwight Twp Hsd 230 operates 1 public schools serving 215 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Illinois. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 high 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 Livingston County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $28,279 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, among the top 85 of 845 Illinois districts by per-pupil spending. See how Illinois compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 68.3% local, 24.6% state, and 7.1% 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 51/100, ranked #97 of 759 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.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 1 schools offering Advanced Placement (3 AP courses district-wide), a 211:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 16.6% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 90.0% White, 4.3% Hispanic or Latino, 0.9% African American across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Dwight High School, enrolling 211 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
Dwight High School accounts for 98.1% of all Dwight Twp Hsd 230 student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Dwight Twp Hsd 230 a distant remainder — means Dwight Twp Hsd 230-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade band: high. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how the district allocates programs, capital, or staff. Because it contains a majority of the affected population, enrollment-weighted aggregates will sit closer to this entity's reported fields than to those of smaller peers; an unweighted entity count answers a different question.
Dwight Twp Hsd 230 student-counselor ratio is 211:1 — 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.
Dwight Twp Hsd 230 chronic absenteeism rate is 16.6% — 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 Dwight Twp Hsd 230 is typically wider than the Dwight Twp Hsd 230-aggregate figure suggests.