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Galena, Illinois - 3 schools
An equity score of 21/100 ranks Galena Usd 120 #697 of 763 districts in Illinois (state average 38). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $15,915 per pupil, Galena Usd 120 ranks #427 of 848 Illinois districts by per-pupil spending (Illinois districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
822
Total Enrollment
3
Schools
$15,915
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Galena Usd 120 operates 3 public schools serving 822 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Illinois. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 combined, 1 high, 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 Jo Daviess County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $15,915 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 68.2% local, 22.8% state, and 9.1% 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 21/100, ranked #697 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.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 3 schools offering Advanced Placement (6 AP courses district-wide), a 365:1 student-counselor ratio, well above the ASCA benchmark though still under the roughly 408:1 national average, and 10.1% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 78.0% White, 17.1% Hispanic or Latino, 2.2% Asian across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Galena Primary School, enrolling 576 students (53% of the district's total enrollment).
Galena Primary School accounts for 52.6% of all Galena Usd 120 student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Galena Usd 120 a distant remainder — means Galena Usd 120-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.
Galena Usd 120 school enrollment varies 2.2× across entities
Galena Usd 120 school enrollment ranges from 259 students (lowest) to 576 students (highest), a spread of 317 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.
Galena Usd 120 student-counselor ratio is 365:1 — high (typically associated with staffing constraints that limit per-student counselor time; CRDC data shows higher ratios cluster in larger urban systems)
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 Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.
Galena Usd 120 chronic absenteeism rate is 10.1% — low (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.