An equity score of 50/100 ranks Freeport Sd 145 #105 of 763 districts in Illinois (state average 38). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $19,684 per pupil, Freeport Sd 145 ranks #192 of 848 Illinois districts by per-pupil spending (Illinois districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
3,454
Total Enrollment
8
Schools
$19,684
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Freeport Sd 145 operates 8 public schools serving 3,454 students, placing it among the smaller districts in Illinois. The school portfolio breaks down into 5 combined, 1 high, 1 middle, 1 elementary schools, a compact enough portfolio that families can compare every campus directly before they move, rent, or enrol. These enrollment and school figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is based in Stephenson County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $19,684 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 36.3% local, 48.2% state, and 15.5% federal, a balanced mix across local, state, and federal sources, spreading budget risk across funding cycles rather than concentrating it in one. The district's equity score is 50/100, ranked #105 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 8 schools offering Advanced Placement (7 AP courses district-wide), a 340.4:1 student-counselor ratio, well above the ASCA benchmark though still under the roughly 408:1 national average, and 34.3% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 41.6% White, 25.4% African American, 16.9% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Carl Sandburg Middle Sch, with a diversity index of 73.3/100.
Its largest campus is Freeport High School, enrolling 1,165 students (31% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Center Elem School, at 262 students, a 4x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Freeport High School accounts for 31.5% of all Freeport Sd 145 student enrollment
That concentration means Freeport Sd 145-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: high. 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.
Freeport Sd 145 school enrollment varies 4.4× across entities
Freeport Sd 145 school enrollment ranges from 262 students (lowest) to 1,165 students (highest), a spread of 903 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.
Freeport Sd 145 student-counselor ratio is 340:1: slightly below the ~408 national average, 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 Sitting just under the national figure still leaves meaningful room for sub-unit variation that the aggregate number hides. Variation between sub-units within Freeport Sd 145 is typically wider than the Freeport Sd 145-aggregate figure suggests.
Freeport Sd 145 chronic absenteeism rate is 34.3%: on the high side (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.