An equity score of 48/100 ranks Gallatin Cusd 7 #155 of 759 districts in Illinois (state average 38). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $15,645 per pupil, Gallatin Cusd 7 ranks #543 of 845 Illinois districts by per-pupil spending (Illinois districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
704
Total Enrollment
3
Schools
$15,645
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Gallatin Cusd 7 operates 3 public schools serving 704 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 Gallatin County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $15,645 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the lower half of 845 Illinois districts by per-pupil spending. See how Illinois compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 35.2% local, 47.5% state, and 17.3% 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 48/100, ranked #155 of 759 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.
a 203:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 50.5% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 95.1% White, 0.9% Hispanic or Latino, 0.5% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Gallatin Elementary School, with a diversity index of 14.2/100.
Its largest campus is Gallatin Elementary School, enrolling 314 students (45% of the district's total enrollment).
Gallatin Elementary School accounts for 44.6% of all Gallatin Cusd 7 student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Gallatin Cusd 7-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade band: combined. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how the district allocates programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.
Gallatin Cusd 7 student-counselor ratio is 203:1 — low (typically associated with meeting or exceeding the American School Counselor Association (ASCA) recommended 250:1 benchmark, which correlates with stronger college and career counseling capacity)
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 Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.
Gallatin Cusd 7 chronic absenteeism rate is 50.5% — well above typical (typically associated with unusually large scale or acute resource constraints)
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 Values this far above typical often signal acute resource constraints or a structurally different scale than most peers — worth reading alongside the underlying counts, not the ratio alone.