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Watseka, Illinois - 4 schools
An equity score of 38/100 ranks Iroquois County Cusd 9 #398 of 763 districts in Illinois (state average 38). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $14,190 per pupil, Iroquois County Cusd 9 ranks #577 of 848 Illinois districts by per-pupil spending (Illinois districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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Total Enrollment
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$14,190
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School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Iroquois County Cusd 9 operates 4 public schools serving 883 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 Iroquois County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $14,190 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 34.9% local, 48.2% state, and 16.9% 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 38/100, ranked #398 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 234.8:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 23.2% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 76.6% White, 15.7% Hispanic or Latino, 2.5% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Wanda Kendall Elem School, with a diversity index of 42.6/100.
Its largest campus is Glenn Raymond School, enrolling 321 students (34% of the district's total enrollment).
Glenn Raymond School accounts for 34.2% of all Iroquois County Cusd 9 student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Iroquois County Cusd 9-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.
Iroquois County Cusd 9 school enrollment varies 2.6× across entities
Iroquois County Cusd 9 school enrollment ranges from 122 students (lowest) to 321 students (highest), a spread of 199 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.
Iroquois County Cusd 9 student-counselor ratio is 235:1 — 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.
Iroquois County Cusd 9 chronic absenteeism rate is 23.2% — near the typical range (US average ~28) — 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 Variation between sub-units within Iroquois County Cusd 9 is typically wider than the Iroquois County Cusd 9-aggregate figure suggests.