An equity score of 38/100 ranks Elmhurst Sd 205 #384 of 763 districts in Illinois (state average 38). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $20,919 per pupil, Elmhurst Sd 205 ranks #145 of 848 Illinois districts by per-pupil spending (Illinois districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
8,299
Total Enrollment
13
Schools
$20,919
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, Middle
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Elmhurst Sd 205 operates 13 public schools serving 8,299 students, placing it among the smaller districts in Illinois. The school portfolio breaks down into 8 elementary, 3 middle, 1 high, 1 combined 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 Dupage County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $20,919 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 72.3% local, 24.5% state, and 3.2% 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 38/100, ranked #384 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.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 13 schools offering Advanced Placement (33 AP courses district-wide), a 222.7:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 9.7% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 65.7% White, 19.6% Hispanic or Latino, 7.3% Asian across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Churchville Middle School, with a diversity index of 62.4/100.
Its largest campus is York Comm High School, enrolling 2,590 students (31% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Early Childhood, at 271 students, a 10x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
York Comm High School accounts for 31.2% of all Elmhurst Sd 205 student enrollment
That concentration means Elmhurst Sd 205-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.
Elmhurst Sd 205 school enrollment varies 9.6× across entities
Elmhurst Sd 205 school enrollment ranges from 271 students (lowest) to 2,590 students (highest), a spread of 2,319 students. That spread sits on the wider side of typical variation and reflects typical mixed-portfolio variation between specialty programs and large neighbourhood schools. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Elmhurst Sd 205 student-counselor ratio is 223:1: on the low side (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.
Elmhurst Sd 205 chronic absenteeism rate is 9.7%: well below typical (strongly 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 Values this far below the benchmark often reflect a distinctive local circumstance rather than ordinary scale differences.