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Hillsboro, Illinois - 4 schools
An equity score of 20/100 ranks Hillsboro Cusd 3 #703 of 763 districts in Illinois (state average 38). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $12,956 per pupil, Hillsboro Cusd 3 ranks #702 of 848 Illinois districts by per-pupil spending (Illinois districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
1,626
Total Enrollment
4
Schools
$12,956
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Hillsboro Cusd 3 operates 4 public schools serving 1,626 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Illinois. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 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 Montgomery County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $12,956 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 51.0% local, 39.0% state, and 10.1% 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 20/100, ranked #703 of 763 in Illinois against a state average of 38, notably less even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 4 schools offering Advanced Placement (3 AP courses district-wide), a 459.7:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 34.0% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 93.3% White, 3.1% Hispanic or Latino, 1.1% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Hillsboro Jr High School, with a diversity index of 14.1/100.
Its largest campus is Beckemeyer Elem School, enrolling 641 students (42% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Coffeen Early Childhood Center, at 139 students, a 5x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Beckemeyer Elem School accounts for 39.4% of all Hillsboro Cusd 3 student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Hillsboro Cusd 3-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.
Hillsboro Cusd 3 school enrollment varies 4.6× across entities
Hillsboro Cusd 3 school enrollment ranges from 139 students (lowest) to 641 students (highest), a spread of 502 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.
Hillsboro Cusd 3 student-counselor ratio is 460:1 — 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.
Hillsboro Cusd 3 chronic absenteeism rate is 34.0% — 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.