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Georgetown, Illinois - 3 schools
An equity score of 61/100 ranks Georgetown-Ridge Farm Cud 4 #13 of 763 districts in Illinois (state average 38). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $17,856 per pupil, Georgetown-Ridge Farm Cud 4 ranks #288 of 848 Illinois districts by per-pupil spending (Illinois districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
870
Total Enrollment
3
Schools
$17,856
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Georgetown-Ridge Farm Cud 4 operates 3 public schools serving 870 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Illinois. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 combined, 1 high, 1 middle 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 Vermilion County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $17,856 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the upper half of 848 Illinois districts by per-pupil spending. See how Illinois compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 27.2% local, 55.2% state, and 17.6% federal, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles. The district's equity score is 61/100, ranked #13 of 763 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 243:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 29.3% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 85.7% White, 3.7% Hispanic or Latino, 3.4% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Pine Crest Elementary School, with a diversity index of 30.0/100.
Its largest campus is Pine Crest Elementary School, enrolling 429 students (50% of the district's total enrollment).
Pine Crest Elementary School accounts for 49.3% of all Georgetown-Ridge Farm Cud 4 student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Georgetown-Ridge Farm Cud 4 a distant remainder — means Georgetown-Ridge Farm Cud 4-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.
Georgetown-Ridge Farm Cud 4 school enrollment varies 2.2× across entities
Georgetown-Ridge Farm Cud 4 school enrollment ranges from 192 students (lowest) to 429 students (highest), a spread of 237 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.
Georgetown-Ridge Farm Cud 4 student-counselor ratio is 243:1 — 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.
Georgetown-Ridge Farm Cud 4 chronic absenteeism rate is 29.3% — 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 Georgetown-Ridge Farm Cud 4 is typically wider than the Georgetown-Ridge Farm Cud 4-aggregate figure suggests.