Joliet Twp HSD 204

Public school district · Will County · Illinois · NCES district ID 1720610

Joliet Twp HSD 204 spent $19,282 per student on current operations in fiscal year 2022-23, more than 61% of the other Illinois districts with at least 1,000 students in fall 2022 (median $18,127). Its 2 schools enrolled 6,746 students in 2024-25; 31.2% of its revenue came from the state. Census Bureau figures for 2023-24 put it at $20,589 per student, up 6.8% on the year before (U.S. $17,619 that year). Its four-year graduation rate for the class of 2023 was 82% (Illinois: 87.6%).

NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23 · Census Bureau school finances 2023-24 · NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 · method

Spending per student among Illinois districts of similar size

Current spending per student excludes construction and debt. The 9 districts closest to Joliet Twp HSD 204 in enrollment (6,330 to 7,274 students) and Joliet Twp HSD 204 itself.

Current spending per student, Illinois districts closest in size to Joliet Twp HSD 204, FY23Evanston-Skokie School District 65 $29,769; Round Lake CUSD 116 $22,324; Joliet Twp HSD 204 $19,282; DeKalb Community Unit School 428 $18,665; Lincoln Way CHSD 210 $18,382; Crystal Lake Consolidated School District 47 $16,871; Moline Coal Valley $15,998; Yorkville Community Unit School District 115 $14,596; Edwardsville CUSD 7 $14,335; Quincy SD 172 $12,997; State median, 1,000+ students $18,127.10k15k20k25k30k35kEvanston-Skokie School Distric…$29,769Round Lake CUSD 116$22,324Joliet Twp HSD 204$19,282DeKalb Community Unit School 4…$18,665Lincoln Way CHSD 210$18,382Crystal Lake Consolidated Scho…$16,871Moline Coal Valley$15,998Yorkville Community Unit Schoo…$14,596Edwardsville CUSD 7$14,335Quincy SD 172$12,997State median, 1,000+ students $18,127
Current spending per student, Illinois districts closest in size to Joliet Twp HSD 204, FY23Evanston-Skokie School District 65 $29,769; Round Lake CUSD 116 $22,324; Joliet Twp HSD 204 $19,282; DeKalb Community Unit School 428 $18,665; Lincoln Way CHSD 210 $18,382; Crystal Lake Consolidated School District 47 $16,871; Moline Coal Valley $15,998; Yorkville Community Unit School District 115 $14,596; Edwardsville CUSD 7 $14,335; Quincy SD 172 $12,997; State median, 1,000+ students $18,127.10k15k20k25k30k35kEvanston-Skokie School District 65$29,769Round Lake CUSD 116$22,324Joliet Twp HSD 204$19,282DeKalb Community Unit School 428$18,665Lincoln Way CHSD 210$18,382Crystal Lake Consolidated School Di…$16,871Moline Coal Valley$15,998Yorkville Community Unit School Dis…$14,596Edwardsville CUSD 7$14,335Quincy SD 172$12,997State median, 1,000+ students $18,127
Current spending per student, Illinois districts closest in size to Joliet Twp HSD 204, FY23Evanston-Skokie School District 65 $29,769; Round Lake CUSD 116 $22,324; Joliet Twp HSD 204 $19,282; DeKalb Community Unit School 428 $18,665; Lincoln Way CHSD 210 $18,382; Crystal Lake Consolidated School District 47 $16,871; Moline Coal Valley $15,998; Yorkville Community Unit School District 115 $14,596; Edwardsville CUSD 7 $14,335; Quincy SD 172 $12,997; State median, 1,000+ students $18,127.10k20k30k35kEvanston-Skokie School District 65$29,769Round Lake CUSD 116$22,324Joliet Twp HSD 204$19,282DeKalb Community Unit School 428$18,665Lincoln Way CHSD 210$18,382Crystal Lake Consolidated School District 47$16,871Moline Coal Valley$15,998Yorkville Community Unit School District 115$14,596Edwardsville CUSD 7$14,335Quincy SD 172$12,997State median, 1,000+ students $18,127
Current spending per student, Illinois districts closest in size to Joliet Twp HSD 204, FY23Evanston-Skokie School District 65 $29,769; Round Lake CUSD 116 $22,324; Joliet Twp HSD 204 $19,282; DeKalb Community Unit School 428 $18,665; Lincoln Way CHSD 210 $18,382; Crystal Lake Consolidated School District 47 $16,871; Moline Coal Valley $15,998; Yorkville Community Unit School District 115 $14,596; Edwardsville CUSD 7 $14,335; Quincy SD 172 $12,997; State median, 1,000+ students $18,127.10k20k30k35kEvanston-Skokie School District 65$29,769Round Lake CUSD 116$22,324Joliet Twp HSD 204$19,282DeKalb Community Unit School 428$18,665Lincoln Way CHSD 210$18,382Crystal Lake Consolidated School Distri…$16,871Moline Coal Valley$15,998Yorkville Community Unit School Distric…$14,596Edwardsville CUSD 7$14,335Quincy SD 172$12,997State median, 1,000+ students $18,127

Where the money came from

$198,947,000 in revenue: 31.2% state, 61.1% local and 7.8% federal. Total spending including $4,383,000 of capital outlay was $147,753,000, or $21,358 per student; the figure above leaves capital out.

Joliet Twp HSD 204 revenue by source, fiscal year 2022-23State $62,027,000; Local $121,490,000; Federal $15,430,000; total $198,947,000.
  • State$62,027,000 31%
  • Local$121,490,000 61%
  • Federal$15,430,000 8%

Source: NCES F-33 school district finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23: current expenditures for elementary and secondary education divided by fall membership; the state median covers 377 districts with at least 1,000 students in fall 2022. Revenue by source (TOTALREV, TFEDREV, TSTREV, TLOCREV).

Enrollment fell from 2022-23 to 2024-25

6,918 students in 2022-23, 6,819 students in 2023-24, 6,746 students in 2024-25, counted across the schools that reported each year.

Joliet Twp HSD 204 enrollment by school year2022-23: 6,918, 2023-24: 6,819, 2024-25: 6,74602k4k6k8k2022-236,9182023-246,8192024-256,746
Joliet Twp HSD 204 enrollment by school year2022-23: 6,918, 2023-24: 6,819, 2024-25: 6,74602k4k6k8k2022-236,9182023-246,8192024-256,746
Joliet Twp HSD 204 enrollment by school year2022-23: 6,918, 2023-24: 6,819, 2024-25: 6,74602k4k6k8k2022-236,9182023-246,8192024-256,746
Joliet Twp HSD 204 enrollment by school year2022-23: 6,918, 2023-24: 6,819, 2024-25: 6,74602k4k6k8k2022-236,9182023-246,8192024-256,746

Teachers and students per teacher

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Per teacher
2022-236,918353.119.6
2023-246,819361.318.9
2024-256,746348.419.4

Source: NCES Common Core of Data membership and staff files, 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25; sums over the schools reporting each year.

State test results, 2021-22

In 2021-22, the students tested in Joliet Twp HSD 204 scored proficient or above: 18% in reading, against 29.9% in reading across Illinois. Each state writes its own test and sets its own proficiency bar, so compare these within Illinois, not across states.

Students proficient or above, 2021-22
SubjectThis districtIllinoisStudents tested
Reading and language arts18%29.9%1,661

Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts state assessment results 2021-22, all students, from ED Data Express (the Data Rescue Project archive; ED has no 2022-23 result for this district): ED shows district results as ranges (for example 20-24%) to protect small groups.

Graduation rate, class of 2023

82% of the 1,708 students in Joliet Twp HSD 204's class of 2023 graduated within four years, against 87.6% across Illinois. The four-year rate follows the students who started ninth grade in fall 2019, adjusted for those who moved in or out, and counts those who earned a regular diploma by 2023. Every state computes it the same way under federal law, though each sets its own diploma requirements.

Four-year adjusted-cohort graduation rate, class of 2023
This districtIllinois
Four-year graduation rate82%87.6%
Students in the class1,708149,998

Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts four-year adjusted-cohort graduation rates 2022-23, all students, from ED Data Express: ED shows district rates as ranges (for example 90-94%) and leaves out small classes.

2 high schools, 6,746 students

SchoolStudentsPer teacherFree lunchTitle I, 2021‑22
Joliet West High School3,45120.6not reportedSchoolwide program
Joliet Central High School3,29518.2not reportedSchoolwide program

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25; Title I status CCD 2021-22, the last year NCES published it. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count; not reported: the school sent NCES no meal count.

Contact Joliet Twp HSD 204

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, local education agency directory 2024-25. Enrollment, boundaries and school assignment are the district's to confirm.

What to look at next about Joliet Twp HSD 204

  1. Illinois districts by spending per studentJoliet Twp HSD 204 ranks 149 of 377 Illinois districts with at least 1,000 students in fall 2022 on current spending per student in fiscal year 2022-23 ($19,282).#149 of 377
  2. Every school district in IllinoisJoliet Twp HSD 204 is the number 37 by size of 865 Illinois districts, with 6,918 students in fall 2022 (F-33).#37 of 865
  3. Yorkville Community Unit School District 115The next larger Illinois district: 6,937 students in fall 2022, $14,596 per student in fiscal year 2022-23.$14,596
  4. DeKalb Community Unit School 428The next smaller Illinois district: 6,840 students in fall 2022, $18,665 per student in fiscal year 2022-23.$18,665
  5. Compare Joliet Twp HSD 204 with Yorkville Community Unit School District 115Enrollment, spending, revenue sources and schools, side by side.
  6. Joliet West High School, its largest high school3,451 students in 2024-25, 20.6 per teacher.3,451
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Source: NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23 (spending per student and fall 2022 membership; ranks among the state's districts that reported them); NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (schools).

Questions about Joliet Twp HSD 204

  1. How many schools and students are in Joliet Twp HSD 204?
    2 schools were open in 2024-25 (2 high), enrolling 6,746 students, according to the NCES Common Core of Data.
  2. How much does Joliet Twp HSD 204 spend per student?
    $19,282 per student on current operations in fiscal year 2022-23 (NCES F-33), which leaves out construction and debt; the Illinois median for districts with at least 1,000 students in fall 2022 is $18,127 and the U.S. figure is $16,260. Census Bureau figures for 2023-24 put it at $20,589 per student, up 6.8% on the year before (U.S. $17,619 that year).
  3. Where does Joliet Twp HSD 204's money come from?
    $198,947,000 in revenue in fiscal year 2022-23: 31.2% state, 61.1% local and 7.8% federal (NCES F-33).
  4. How many children in Joliet Twp HSD 204 live in poverty?
    The Census Bureau estimates that 799 of the 6,051 children aged 5 to 17 living within the district's boundaries in 2024, 13.2%, were in families in poverty (Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates). It is a model-based estimate for everyone living in the district, not a count of its students; the free-meal shares in the school tables are counts of enrolled students.
  5. How do students in Joliet Twp HSD 204 do on state tests?
    In 2021-22, the students tested in Joliet Twp HSD 204 scored proficient or above: 18% in reading, against 29.9% in reading across Illinois. Illinois's own test sets what proficient means, so results compare within the state, not across states. Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts state assessment results, 2021-22.
  6. What is the graduation rate in Joliet Twp HSD 204?
    82% of the 1,708 students in Joliet Twp HSD 204's class of 2023 graduated within four years, against 87.6% across Illinois. The four-year rate follows the students who started ninth grade in fall 2019, adjusted for those who moved in or out. Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts four-year adjusted-cohort graduation rates, 2022-23.
  7. What is Joliet Twp HSD 204's NCES district ID?
    1720610. Each of its schools' 12-digit NCES IDs begins with these seven digits.

Reading these figures: how to choose a school district, what Title I means and what an absenteeism rate means. They are for information and are not a substitute for the school's or district's own records.

Sources

Every federal file behind this record
  • NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25: directory, membership, staff and lunch files. nces.ed.gov
  • NCES Common Core of Data, 2021-22 school characteristics: Title I status. nces.ed.gov
  • Civil Rights Data Collection, 2021-22: AP courses, gifted programs, counselors, discipline. civilrightsdata.ed.gov
  • EDFacts, 2022-23: chronic absenteeism. ed.gov
  • EDFacts four-year adjusted-cohort graduation rates, 2022-23: the class of 2023 for the district and its state (ED Data Express). eddataexpress.ed.gov
  • EDFacts state assessment results, 2021-22: reading and math proficiency for the district and its state (ED Data Express). eddataexpress.ed.gov
  • U.S. Census Bureau, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, 2024: children aged 5 to 17 and those in families in poverty, by school district. census.gov
  • U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances, fiscal year 2023-24: per pupil current spending for 2023-24 and 2022-23. census.gov
  • NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, fiscal year 2022-23: district spending and revenue. nces.ed.gov
  • U.S. Census Bureau geocoder and TIGER school districts: the district boundary used by the district finder. census.gov

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances Per pupil current spending by school system · FY 2023-24

Source: NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey Revenue and expenditures by district · FY 2022-23

Source: NCES Common Core of Data School directory, membership, staff and lunch files · 2024-25

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