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Harrisburg, Illinois - 5 schools
An equity score of 55/100 ranks Harrisburg Cusd 3 #45 of 763 districts in Illinois (state average 38). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $16,171 per pupil, Harrisburg Cusd 3 ranks #405 of 848 Illinois districts by per-pupil spending (Illinois districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
1,771
Total Enrollment
5
Schools
$16,171
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Harrisburg Cusd 3 operates 5 public schools serving 1,771 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Illinois. The school portfolio breaks down into 2 elementary, 1 high, 1 middle, 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 Saline County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $16,171 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 27.3% local, 58.0% state, and 14.6% 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 55/100, ranked #45 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 325.4:1 student-counselor ratio, well above the ASCA benchmark though still under the roughly 408:1 national average, and 33.5% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 83.4% White, 4.3% African American, 3.7% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Harrisburg High School, with a diversity index of 37.0/100.
Its largest campus is Harrisburg High School, enrolling 491 students (28% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Bulldog Early Learning Academy, at 111 students, a 4x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Harrisburg High School accounts for 27.6% of all Harrisburg Cusd 3 student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Harrisburg Cusd 3-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.
Harrisburg Cusd 3 school enrollment varies 4.4× across entities
Harrisburg Cusd 3 school enrollment ranges from 111 students (lowest) to 491 students (highest), a spread of 380 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.
Harrisburg Cusd 3 student-counselor ratio is 325:1 — near the typical range (US average ~408) — within the typical range for U.S. public districts
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 Variation between sub-units within Harrisburg Cusd 3 is typically wider than the Harrisburg Cusd 3-aggregate figure suggests.
Harrisburg Cusd 3 chronic absenteeism rate is 33.5% — high (typically associated with higher-than-average disruption; recent CRDC data showed elevated rates persisting after pandemic-era schooling changes)
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 Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.