IDJJ Sch Dist 428 operates 5 public schools serving 94 students, placing it among the smaller districts in Illinois. The school portfolio breaks down into 5 other schools, giving families a clear picture of grade-band coverage before they move, rent, or enrol. Aggregated across those campuses, enrollment totals 144 pupils using the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2022-23 release, and the district is geographically located in Cook County County.
a 28.8:1 student-counselor ratio that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, . Demographically, the student body averages 56.7% African American, 21.2% White, 13.7% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools.
School District 428 Iyc-Hrb accounts for 29.2% of all IDJJ Sch Dist 428 student enrollment
That concentration — well above the 8.4% national median for largest-entity share — means IDJJ Sch Dist 428-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: other. 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.
IDJJ Sch Dist 428 school enrollment varies 3.5× across entities
IDJJ Sch Dist 428 school enrollment ranges from 12 students (lowest) to 42 students (highest), a spread of 30 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.
IDJJ Sch Dist 428 student-counselor ratio is 29:1 — low (typically associated with meeting or exceeding the American School Counselor Association (ASCA) recommended 250:1 benchmark, which correlates with stronger college and career counseling capacity)
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 Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.