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Galatia, Illinois - 4 schools
An equity score of 34/100 ranks Galatia Cusd 1 #492 of 763 districts in Illinois (state average 38). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $12,026 per pupil, Galatia Cusd 1 ranks #775 of 848 Illinois districts by per-pupil spending (Illinois districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
390
Total Enrollment
4
Schools
$12,026
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Galatia Cusd 1 operates 4 public schools serving 390 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Illinois. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 elementary, 1 high, 1 middle, 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 Saline County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $12,026 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 39.3% local, 43.3% state, and 17.4% 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 34/100, ranked #492 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 268.6:1 student-counselor ratio, somewhat above the 250:1 ASCA recommendation, and 26.1% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 95.5% White, 1.1% Hispanic or Latino, 0.5% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Galatia Jr High, with a diversity index of 17.6/100.
Its largest campus is Galatia Elem School, enrolling 152 students (40% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Galatia Grade School Annex, at 19 students, a 8x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Galatia Elem School accounts for 39.0% of all Galatia Cusd 1 student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Galatia Cusd 1-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.
Galatia Cusd 1 school enrollment varies 8.0× across entities
Galatia Cusd 1 school enrollment ranges from 19 students (lowest) to 152 students (highest), a spread of 133 students. That spread reflects typical mixed-portfolio variation between specialty programs and large neighbourhood schools. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Galatia Cusd 1 student-counselor ratio is 269:1 — 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 Galatia Cusd 1 is typically wider than the Galatia Cusd 1-aggregate figure suggests.
Galatia Cusd 1 chronic absenteeism rate is 26.1% — 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 Galatia Cusd 1 is typically wider than the Galatia Cusd 1-aggregate figure suggests.