An equity score of 34/100 ranks Huntley Comm Sch Dist 158 #468 of 763 districts in Illinois (state average 38). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $16,048 per pupil, Huntley Comm Sch Dist 158 ranks #412 of 848 Illinois districts by per-pupil spending (Illinois districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
8,595
Total Enrollment
9
Schools
$16,048
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, Middle
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Huntley Comm Sch Dist 158 operates 9 public schools serving 8,595 students, placing it among the smaller districts in Illinois. The school portfolio breaks down into 5 elementary, 2 middle, 1 high, 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 Mchenry County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $16,048 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 55.0% local, 40.2% state, and 4.8% 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 34/100, ranked #468 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.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 9 schools offering Advanced Placement (21 AP courses district-wide), a 359.5:1 student-counselor ratio, well above the ASCA benchmark though still under the roughly 408:1 national average, and 17.4% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 66.4% White, 17.7% Hispanic or Latino, 9.5% Asian across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is District 158 Early Childhood Ctr, with a diversity index of 57.6/100.
Its largest campus is Huntley High School, enrolling 2,804 students (33% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is District 158 Early Childhood Ctr, at 242 students, a 12x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Huntley High School accounts for 32.6% of all Huntley Comm Sch Dist 158 student enrollment
That concentration means Huntley Comm Sch Dist 158-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.
Huntley Comm Sch Dist 158 school enrollment varies 12× across entities
Huntley Comm Sch Dist 158 school enrollment ranges from 242 students (lowest) to 2,804 students (highest), a spread of 2,562 students. That spread sits on the wider side of typical variation and reflects typical mixed-portfolio variation between specialty programs and large neighbourhood schools. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Huntley Comm Sch Dist 158 student-counselor ratio is 360:1: on the high side (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.
Huntley Comm Sch Dist 158 chronic absenteeism rate is 17.4%: slightly below the ~28 national average, 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 Sitting just under the national figure still leaves meaningful room for sub-unit variation that the aggregate number hides. Variation between sub-units within Huntley Comm Sch Dist 158 is typically wider than the Huntley Comm Sch Dist 158-aggregate figure suggests.