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East Moline, Illinois - 6 schools
An equity score of 41/100 ranks East Moline Sd 37 #321 of 763 districts in Illinois (state average 38). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $18,766 per pupil, East Moline Sd 37 ranks #220 of 848 Illinois districts by per-pupil spending (Illinois districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
2,600
Total Enrollment
6
Schools
$18,766
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, Combined
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
East Moline Sd 37 operates 6 public schools serving 2,600 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Illinois. The school portfolio breaks down into 5 elementary, 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 Rock Island County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $18,766 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 41.5% local, 42.1% state, and 16.5% federal, a balanced mix across local, state, and federal sources, spreading budget risk across funding cycles rather than concentrating it in one. The district's equity score is 41/100, ranked #321 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.
a 351:1 student-counselor ratio, well above the ASCA benchmark though still under the roughly 408:1 national average, and 26.1% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 31.3% African American, 28.7% White, 27.3% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Ridgewood Elem School, with a diversity index of 75.6/100.
Its largest campus is Glenview Middle School, enrolling 1,092 students (41% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is East Moline Early Learning Center, at 158 students, a 7x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Glenview Middle School accounts for 41.3% of all East Moline Sd 37 student enrollment
That dominant concentration means East Moline Sd 37-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 Moline Sd 37 school enrollment varies 6.9× across entities
East Moline Sd 37 school enrollment ranges from 158 students (lowest) to 1,092 students (highest), a spread of 934 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 Moline Sd 37 student-counselor ratio is 351:1 — 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.
East Moline Sd 37 chronic absenteeism rate is 26.1% — 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 East Moline Sd 37 is typically wider than the East Moline Sd 37-aggregate figure suggests.