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Elmwood, Illinois - 3 schools
An equity score of 21/100 ranks Elmwood Cusd 322 #698 of 763 districts in Illinois (state average 38). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $12,475 per pupil, Elmwood Cusd 322 ranks #746 of 848 Illinois districts by per-pupil spending (Illinois districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
658
Total Enrollment
3
Schools
$12,475
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Elmwood Cusd 322 operates 3 public schools serving 658 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 Peoria County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $12,475 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 56.4% local, 35.4% state, and 8.2% 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 21/100, ranked #698 of 763 in Illinois against a state average of 38, notably less even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 3 schools offering Advanced Placement (1 AP courses district-wide), a 823.6:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 11.0% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 90.9% White, 2.5% African American, 2.1% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Elmwood Elem School, with a diversity index of 20.4/100.
Its largest campus is Elmwood Elem School, enrolling 314 students (50% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Elmwood Junior High School, at 100 students, a 3x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Elmwood Elem School accounts for 47.7% of all Elmwood Cusd 322 student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Elmwood Cusd 322 a distant remainder — means Elmwood Cusd 322-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: combined. 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.
Elmwood Cusd 322 school enrollment varies 3.1× across entities
Elmwood Cusd 322 school enrollment ranges from 100 students (lowest) to 314 students (highest), a spread of 214 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.
Elmwood Cusd 322 student-counselor ratio is 824:1 — well above typical (typically associated with unusually large scale or acute resource constraints)
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 above typical often signal acute resource constraints or a structurally different scale than most peers — worth reading alongside the underlying counts, not the ratio alone.
Elmwood Cusd 322 chronic absenteeism rate is 11.0% — low (typically 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 Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.