An equity score of 18/100 ranks Frankfort Ccsd 157c #718 of 763 districts in Illinois (state average 38). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $15,349 per pupil, Frankfort Ccsd 157c ranks #472 of 848 Illinois districts by per-pupil spending (Illinois districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
2,661
Total Enrollment
3
Schools
$15,349
Per-Pupil Spending
Middle, Elementary
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Frankfort Ccsd 157c operates 3 public schools serving 2,661 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Illinois. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 middle, 1 elementary, 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 Will County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $15,349 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 76.0% local, 21.7% state, and 2.2% 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 18/100, ranked #718 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.
and 12.2% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 71.9% White, 9.0% Hispanic or Latino, 8.9% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Hickory Creek Middle School, with a diversity index of 48.1/100.
Its largest campus is Hickory Creek Middle School, enrolling 943 students (35% of the district's total enrollment).
Hickory Creek Middle School accounts for 35.2% of all Frankfort Ccsd 157c student enrollment
That concentration means Frankfort Ccsd 157c-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: middle. 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.
Frankfort Ccsd 157c chronic absenteeism rate is 12.2%: on the low side (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.