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Spring Valley, Illinois - 1 schools
An equity score of 50/100 ranks Hall Hsd 502 #111 of 763 districts in Illinois (state average 38). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $18,775 per pupil, Hall Hsd 502 ranks #219 of 848 Illinois districts by per-pupil spending (Illinois districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
403
Total Enrollment
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$18,775
Per-Pupil Spending
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School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Hall Hsd 502 operates 1 public schools serving 403 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Illinois. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 high 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 Bureau County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $18,775 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 59.7% local, 31.8% state, and 8.4% 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 50/100, ranked #111 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 194:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 25.0% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 63.6% White, 33.1% Hispanic or Latino, 1.0% African American across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Hall High School, enrolling 388 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
Hall High School accounts for 96.3% of all Hall Hsd 502 student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Hall Hsd 502 a distant remainder — means Hall Hsd 502-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.
Hall Hsd 502 student-counselor ratio is 194:1 — 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.
Hall Hsd 502 chronic absenteeism rate is 25.0% — 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 Hall Hsd 502 is typically wider than the Hall Hsd 502-aggregate figure suggests.