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West Frankfort, Illinois - 4 schools
An equity score of 56/100 ranks Frankfort Cusd 168 #35 of 763 districts in Illinois (state average 38). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $17,096 per pupil, Frankfort Cusd 168 ranks #341 of 848 Illinois districts by per-pupil spending (Illinois districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
1,540
Total Enrollment
4
Schools
$17,096
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, Combined
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Frankfort Cusd 168 operates 4 public schools serving 1,540 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Illinois. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 elementary, 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 Franklin County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $17,096 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 17.1% local, 62.5% state, and 20.4% 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 56/100, ranked #35 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.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 4 schools offering Advanced Placement (3 AP courses district-wide), a 323.5:1 student-counselor ratio, somewhat above the 250:1 ASCA recommendation, and 30.5% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 92.3% White, 3.0% Hispanic or Latino, 1.3% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Central Jr High School, with a diversity index of 17.4/100.
Its largest campus is Frankfort Intermediate School, enrolling 447 students (29% of the district's total enrollment).
Frankfort Intermediate School accounts for 29.0% of all Frankfort Cusd 168 student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Frankfort Cusd 168-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: elementary. 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 Cusd 168 school enrollment varies 2.1× across entities
Frankfort Cusd 168 school enrollment ranges from 215 students (lowest) to 447 students (highest), a spread of 232 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.
Frankfort Cusd 168 student-counselor ratio is 324:1 — 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 Frankfort Cusd 168 is typically wider than the Frankfort Cusd 168-aggregate figure suggests.
Frankfort Cusd 168 chronic absenteeism rate is 30.5% — 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.