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Flora, Illinois - 3 schools
An equity score of 36/100 ranks Flora Cusd 35 #447 of 763 districts in Illinois (state average 38). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $10,543 per pupil, Flora Cusd 35 ranks #833 of 848 Illinois districts by per-pupil spending (Illinois districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
1,345
Total Enrollment
3
Schools
$10,543
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Flora Cusd 35 operates 3 public schools serving 1,345 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 Clay County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $10,543 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 31.2% local, 54.1% state, and 14.7% federal, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles. The district's equity score is 36/100, ranked #447 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.
a 440:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 36.2% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 92.0% White, 4.0% Hispanic or Latino, 0.6% Asian across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Flora Elementary School, with a diversity index of 18.7/100.
Its largest campus is Flora Elementary School, enrolling 672 students (51% of the district's total enrollment).
Flora Elementary School accounts for 50.0% of all Flora Cusd 35 student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Flora Cusd 35 a distant remainder — means Flora Cusd 35-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.
Flora Cusd 35 school enrollment varies 2.3× across entities
Flora Cusd 35 school enrollment ranges from 295 students (lowest) to 672 students (highest), a spread of 377 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.
Flora Cusd 35 student-counselor ratio is 440:1 — high (typically associated with staffing constraints that limit per-student counselor time; CRDC data shows higher ratios cluster in larger urban systems)
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 Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.
Flora Cusd 35 chronic absenteeism rate is 36.2% — 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.