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Newton, Illinois - 4 schools
An equity score of 8/100 ranks Jasper County Cud 1 #760 of 763 districts in Illinois (state average 38). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $11,168 per pupil, Jasper County Cud 1 ranks #820 of 848 Illinois districts by per-pupil spending (Illinois districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
1,196
Total Enrollment
4
Schools
$11,168
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Jasper County Cud 1 operates 4 public schools serving 1,196 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 Jasper County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $11,168 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, among the bottom 85 of 848 Illinois districts by per-pupil spending. See how Illinois compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 69.3% local, 20.6% 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 8/100, ranked #760 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.
a 152.3:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 26.6% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 95.0% White, 2.4% Hispanic or Latino, 0.8% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Newton Comm High School, with a diversity index of 11.1/100.
Its largest campus is Newton Elem School, enrolling 476 students (40% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Ste Marie Elem School, at 133 students, a 4x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Newton Elem School accounts for 39.8% of all Jasper County Cud 1 student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Jasper County Cud 1-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.
Jasper County Cud 1 school enrollment varies 3.6× across entities
Jasper County Cud 1 school enrollment ranges from 133 students (lowest) to 476 students (highest), a spread of 343 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.
Jasper County Cud 1 student-counselor ratio is 152:1 — well below typical (typically associated with unusually small scale or exceptionally high per-unit investment)
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 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.
Jasper County Cud 1 chronic absenteeism rate is 26.6% — 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 Jasper County Cud 1 is typically wider than the Jasper County Cud 1-aggregate figure suggests.