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Galesburg, Illinois - 6 schools
An equity score of 35/100 ranks Galesburg Cusd 205 #456 of 763 districts in Illinois (state average 38). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $14,227 per pupil, Galesburg Cusd 205 ranks #573 of 848 Illinois districts by per-pupil spending (Illinois districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
3,928
Total Enrollment
6
Schools
$14,227
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, Combined
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Galesburg Cusd 205 operates 6 public schools serving 3,928 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Illinois. The school portfolio breaks down into 4 elementary, 2 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 Knox County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $14,227 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 39.2% local, 45.9% state, and 14.9% 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 35/100, ranked #456 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.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 6 schools offering Advanced Placement (8 AP courses district-wide), a 435.9:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 30.3% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 51.3% White, 19.3% African American, 13.0% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Bright Futures Pre-K Prog, with a diversity index of 72.5/100.
Its largest campus is Galesburg Senior High School, enrolling 1,158 students (35% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Bright Futures Pre-K Prog, at 176 students, a 7x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Galesburg Senior High School accounts for 29.5% of all Galesburg Cusd 205 student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Galesburg Cusd 205-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.
Galesburg Cusd 205 school enrollment varies 6.6× across entities
Galesburg Cusd 205 school enrollment ranges from 176 students (lowest) to 1,158 students (highest), a spread of 982 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.
Galesburg Cusd 205 student-counselor ratio is 436:1 — 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.
Galesburg Cusd 205 chronic absenteeism rate is 30.3% — 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.