An equity score of 56/100 ranks Egyptian Cusd 5 #42 of 759 districts in Illinois (state average 38). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $16,366 per pupil, Egyptian Cusd 5 ranks #479 of 845 Illinois districts by per-pupil spending (Illinois districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
377
Total Enrollment
3
Schools
$16,366
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Egyptian Cusd 5 operates 3 public schools serving 377 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Illinois. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 combined, 1 high, 1 middle 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 Alexander County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $16,366 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the lower half of 845 Illinois districts by per-pupil spending. See how Illinois compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 15.3% local, 57.6% state, and 27.1% 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 56/100, ranked #42 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.
a 101.3:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 29.5% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 80.0% White, 8.4% African American, 1.3% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Egyptian Elem School, with a diversity index of 40.9/100.
Its largest campus is Egyptian Elem School, enrolling 151 students (50% of the district's total enrollment).
Egyptian Elem School accounts for 40.1% of all Egyptian Cusd 5 student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Egyptian Cusd 5-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade band: combined. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how the district allocates programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.
Egyptian Cusd 5 school enrollment varies 2.2× across entities
Egyptian Cusd 5 school enrollment ranges from 69 students (lowest) to 151 students (highest), a spread of 82 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.
Egyptian Cusd 5 student-counselor ratio is 101:1 — well below typical (typically associated with unusually small scale or exceptionally high per-unit investment)
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 Values this far below typical often correlate with unusually small scale or population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se — worth checking whether the underlying denominator is itself an outlier.
Egyptian Cusd 5 chronic absenteeism rate is 29.5% — 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 Egyptian Cusd 5 is typically wider than the Egyptian Cusd 5-aggregate figure suggests.