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Genoa, Illinois - 4 schools
An equity score of 43/100 ranks Genoa Kingston Cusd 424 #266 of 763 districts in Illinois (state average 38). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $15,516 per pupil, Genoa Kingston Cusd 424 ranks #456 of 848 Illinois districts by per-pupil spending (Illinois districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
1,544
Total Enrollment
4
Schools
$15,516
Per-Pupil Spending
High, Middle
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Genoa Kingston Cusd 424 operates 4 public schools serving 1,544 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Illinois. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 high, 1 middle, 1 elementary, 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 Dekalb County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $15,516 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 45.4% local, 47.4% state, and 7.2% 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 43/100, ranked #266 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 4 schools offering Advanced Placement (5 AP courses district-wide), and 12.4% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 71.5% White, 23.9% Hispanic or Latino, 1.2% Asian across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Kingston Elementary School, with a diversity index of 46.1/100.
Its largest campus is Genoa-Kingston High School, enrolling 485 students (32% of the district's total enrollment).
Genoa-Kingston High School accounts for 31.4% of all Genoa Kingston Cusd 424 student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Genoa Kingston Cusd 424-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.
Genoa Kingston Cusd 424 chronic absenteeism rate is 12.4% — 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.