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Franklin, Illinois - 3 schools
An equity score of 45/100 ranks Franklin Cusd 1 #235 of 763 districts in Illinois (state average 38). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $16,923 per pupil, Franklin Cusd 1 ranks #351 of 848 Illinois districts by per-pupil spending (Illinois districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
285
Total Enrollment
3
Schools
$16,923
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, Elementary
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Franklin Cusd 1 operates 3 public schools serving 285 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Illinois. The school portfolio breaks down into 2 combined, 1 elementary 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 Morgan County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $16,923 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 60.3% local, 29.2% state, and 10.5% 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 45/100, ranked #235 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 157:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 21.7% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 96.9% White, 1.1% Asian, 0.8% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Franklin Elementary School, with a diversity index of 8.3/100.
Its largest campus is Franklin Jr/Sr High School, enrolling 157 students (55% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Franklin Elementary School, at 47 students, a 3x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Franklin Jr/Sr High School accounts for 55.1% of all Franklin Cusd 1 student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Franklin Cusd 1 a distant remainder — means Franklin Cusd 1-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.
Franklin Cusd 1 school enrollment varies 3.3× across entities
Franklin Cusd 1 school enrollment ranges from 47 students (lowest) to 157 students (highest), a spread of 110 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.
Franklin Cusd 1 student-counselor ratio is 157:1 — well below typical (typically associated with unusually small scale or exceptionally high per-unit investment)
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 Values this far below typical often correlate with unusually small scale or population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se — worth checking whether the underlying denominator is itself an outlier.
Franklin Cusd 1 chronic absenteeism rate is 21.7% — 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 Franklin Cusd 1 is typically wider than the Franklin Cusd 1-aggregate figure suggests.