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Glencoe, Illinois - 3 schools
An equity score of 41/100 ranks Glencoe Sd 35 #325 of 763 districts in Illinois (state average 38). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $28,310 per pupil, Glencoe Sd 35 ranks #24 of 848 Illinois districts by per-pupil spending (Illinois districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
1,220
Total Enrollment
3
Schools
$28,310
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, Combined
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Glencoe Sd 35 operates 3 public schools serving 1,220 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Illinois. The school portfolio breaks down into 2 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 Cook County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $28,310 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, among the top 85 of 848 Illinois districts by per-pupil spending. See how Illinois compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 76.2% local, 20.6% state, and 3.2% 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 41/100, ranked #325 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.
and 11.4% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 84.7% White, 6.4% Hispanic or Latino, 3.4% Asian across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Central School, with a diversity index of 31.4/100.
Its largest campus is Central School, enrolling 561 students (46% of the district's total enrollment).
Central School accounts for 45.8% of all Glencoe Sd 35 student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Glencoe Sd 35 a distant remainder — means Glencoe Sd 35-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: elementary. 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.
Glencoe Sd 35 school enrollment varies 2.2× across entities
Glencoe Sd 35 school enrollment ranges from 252 students (lowest) to 561 students (highest), a spread of 309 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.
Glencoe Sd 35 chronic absenteeism rate is 11.4% — 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.