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Havana, Illinois - 3 schools
An equity score of 39/100 ranks Havana Cusd 126 #372 of 763 districts in Illinois (state average 38). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $13,846 per pupil, Havana Cusd 126 ranks #617 of 848 Illinois districts by per-pupil spending (Illinois districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
870
Total Enrollment
3
Schools
$13,846
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Havana Cusd 126 operates 3 public schools serving 870 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Illinois. The school portfolio breaks down into 2 elementary, 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 Mason County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $13,846 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 49.8% local, 34.1% state, and 16.1% 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 39/100, ranked #372 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.
a 463:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 34.2% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 93.0% White, 1.0% Hispanic or Latino, 0.6% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is New Central Elem School, with a diversity index of 19.3/100.
Its largest campus is New Central Elem School, enrolling 286 students (35% of the district's total enrollment).
New Central Elem School accounts for 32.9% of all Havana Cusd 126 student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Havana Cusd 126-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.
Havana Cusd 126 student-counselor ratio is 463:1 — high (typically associated with staffing constraints that limit per-student counselor time; CRDC data shows higher ratios cluster in larger urban systems)
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 Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.
Havana Cusd 126 chronic absenteeism rate is 34.2% — 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.