An equity score of 37/100 ranks Elmwood Park Cusd 401 #405 of 759 districts in Illinois (state average 38). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $17,814 per pupil, Elmwood Park Cusd 401 ranks #362 of 845 Illinois districts by per-pupil spending (Illinois districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
2,851
Total Enrollment
4
Schools
$17,814
Per-Pupil Spending
High, Combined
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Elmwood Park Cusd 401 operates 4 public schools serving 2,851 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Illinois. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 high, 1 combined, 1 middle, 1 elementary 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 Cook County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $17,814 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the upper half of 845 Illinois districts by per-pupil spending. See how Illinois compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 53.2% local, 38.5% state, and 8.3% 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 37/100, ranked #405 of 759 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 4 schools offering Advanced Placement (12 AP courses district-wide), a 338.3:1 student-counselor ratio, well above the ASCA benchmark though still under the roughly 408:1 national average, and 33.9% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 59.5% Hispanic or Latino, 33.6% White, 3.0% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Elmwood Elem School, with a diversity index of 56.0/100.
Its largest campus is Elmwood Park High School, enrolling 1,015 students (35% of the district's total enrollment).
Elmwood Park High School accounts for 34.9% of all Elmwood Park Cusd 401 student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Elmwood Park Cusd 401-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade band: high. 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.
Elmwood Park Cusd 401 student-counselor ratio is 338:1 — near the typical range (US average ~408) — within the typical range for U.S. public districts
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 Variation between sub-units within Elmwood Park Cusd 401 is typically wider than the Elmwood Park Cusd 401-aggregate figure suggests.
Elmwood Park Cusd 401 chronic absenteeism rate is 33.9% — 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.