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Clarendon Hills, Illinois - 9 schools
An equity score of 42/100 ranks Hinsdale Ccsd 181 #291 of 763 districts in Illinois (state average 38). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $22,486 per pupil, Hinsdale Ccsd 181 ranks #99 of 848 Illinois districts by per-pupil spending (Illinois districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
3,609
Total Enrollment
9
Schools
$22,486
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, Middle
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Hinsdale Ccsd 181 operates 9 public schools serving 3,609 students, placing it among the smaller districts in Illinois. The school portfolio breaks down into 6 elementary, 2 middle, 1 combined schools, a compact enough portfolio that families can compare every campus directly before they move, rent, or enrol. These enrollment and school figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is based in Dupage County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $22,486 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 74.6% local, 22.6% state, and 2.8% 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 42/100, ranked #291 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 7.5% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 66.4% White, 18.3% Asian, 5.7% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Elm Elem School, with a diversity index of 65.0/100.
Its largest campus is Hinsdale Middle School, enrolling 755 students (21% of the district's total enrollment).
Hinsdale Middle School accounts for 20.9% of all Hinsdale Ccsd 181 student enrollment
That concentration means Hinsdale Ccsd 181-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: middle. 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.
Hinsdale Ccsd 181 school enrollment varies 2.6× across entities
Hinsdale Ccsd 181 school enrollment ranges from 287 students (lowest) to 755 students (highest), a spread of 468 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.
Hinsdale Ccsd 181 chronic absenteeism rate is 7.5% — well below typical (typically associated with unusually small scale or exceptionally high per-unit investment)
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 Values this far below typical often correlate with unusually small scale or population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se — worth checking whether the underlying denominator is itself an outlier.