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Flanagan, Illinois - 2 schools
An equity score of 52/100 ranks Flanagan-Cornell Dist 74 #86 of 763 districts in Illinois (state average 38). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $18,806 per pupil, Flanagan-Cornell Dist 74 ranks #218 of 848 Illinois districts by per-pupil spending (Illinois districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
296
Total Enrollment
2
Schools
$18,806
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Flanagan-Cornell Dist 74 operates 2 public schools serving 296 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Illinois. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 combined, 1 high 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 Livingston County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $18,806 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 61.3% local, 33.3% state, and 5.5% 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 52/100, ranked #86 of 763 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 189.3:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 19.5% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 91.5% White, 3.9% Hispanic or Latino, 1.4% African American across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Flanagan Elem School, enrolling 197 students (65% of the district's total enrollment).
Flanagan Elem School accounts for 65.0% of all Flanagan-Cornell Dist 74 student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Flanagan-Cornell Dist 74 a distant remainder — means Flanagan-Cornell Dist 74-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.
Flanagan-Cornell Dist 74 student-counselor ratio is 189:1 — low (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.
Flanagan-Cornell Dist 74 chronic absenteeism rate is 19.5% — 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 Flanagan-Cornell Dist 74 is typically wider than the Flanagan-Cornell Dist 74-aggregate figure suggests.