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Kewanee, Illinois - 7 schools
An equity score of 30/100 ranks Kewanee Cusd 229 #550 of 763 districts in Illinois (state average 38). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $12,778 per pupil, Kewanee Cusd 229 ranks #724 of 848 Illinois districts by per-pupil spending (Illinois districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
1,969
Total Enrollment
7
Schools
$12,778
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, Combined
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Kewanee Cusd 229 operates 7 public schools serving 1,969 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Illinois. The school portfolio breaks down into 3 elementary, 2 combined, 1 high, 1 middle 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 Henry County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $12,778 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 19.6% local, 56.2% state, and 24.3% federal, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles. The district's equity score is 30/100, ranked #550 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 255.8:1 student-counselor ratio, somewhat above the 250:1 ASCA recommendation, and 34.4% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 63.6% White, 20.8% Hispanic or Latino, 7.2% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Central Junior High, with a diversity index of 60.7/100.
Its largest campus is Kewanee High School, enrolling 582 students (30% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Neponset Grade School, at 137 students, a 4x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Kewanee High School accounts for 29.6% of all Kewanee Cusd 229 student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Kewanee Cusd 229-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.
Kewanee Cusd 229 school enrollment varies 4.2× across entities
Kewanee Cusd 229 school enrollment ranges from 137 students (lowest) to 582 students (highest), a spread of 445 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.
Kewanee Cusd 229 student-counselor ratio is 256:1 — near the typical range (US average ~408) — within the typical range for U.S. public districts
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 Variation between sub-units within Kewanee Cusd 229 is typically wider than the Kewanee Cusd 229-aggregate figure suggests.
Kewanee Cusd 229 chronic absenteeism rate is 34.4% — high (typically associated with higher-than-average disruption; recent CRDC data showed elevated rates persisting after pandemic-era schooling changes)
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 Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.