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Bluford, Illinois - 1 schools
At $11,712 per pupil, Farrington Ccsd 99 ranks #802 of 848 Illinois districts by per-pupil spending (Illinois districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Farrington Ccsd 99 operates 1 public schools serving 52 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Illinois. The school portfolio breaks down into 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 Jefferson County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $11,712 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, among the bottom 85 of 848 Illinois districts by per-pupil spending. See how Illinois compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 32.2% local, 59.5% state, and 8.3% federal, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles.
and 15.2% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 91.3% White, 6.5% African American across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Farrington Elem School, enrolling 46 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
Farrington Elem School accounts for 88.5% of all Farrington Ccsd 99 student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Farrington Ccsd 99 a distant remainder — means Farrington Ccsd 99-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.
Farrington Ccsd 99 chronic absenteeism rate is 15.2% — 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 Farrington Ccsd 99 is typically wider than the Farrington Ccsd 99-aggregate figure suggests.