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East Alton, Illinois - 3 schools
An equity score of 34/100 ranks East Alton Sd 13 #488 of 763 districts in Illinois (state average 38). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $15,588 per pupil, East Alton Sd 13 ranks #451 of 848 Illinois districts by per-pupil spending (Illinois districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
716
Total Enrollment
3
Schools
$15,588
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, Middle
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
East Alton Sd 13 operates 3 public schools serving 716 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Illinois. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 elementary, 1 middle, 1 combined 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 Madison County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $15,588 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 33.3% local, 54.2% 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 34/100, ranked #488 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.
and 41.2% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 76.1% White, 15.5% African American, 1.1% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Eastwood Elem School, with a diversity index of 43.1/100.
Its largest campus is Eastwood Elem School, enrolling 393 students (55% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Washington Elem School, at 130 students, a 3x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Eastwood Elem School accounts for 54.9% of all East Alton Sd 13 student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of East Alton Sd 13 a distant remainder — means East Alton Sd 13-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.
East Alton Sd 13 school enrollment varies 3.0× across entities
East Alton Sd 13 school enrollment ranges from 130 students (lowest) to 393 students (highest), a spread of 263 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.
East Alton Sd 13 chronic absenteeism rate is 41.2% — high (typically associated with higher-than-average disruption; recent CRDC data showed elevated rates persisting after pandemic-era schooling changes)
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 Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.