An equity score of 42/100 ranks Kirby Sd 140 #298 of 763 districts in Illinois (state average 38). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $17,662 per pupil, Kirby Sd 140 ranks #306 of 848 Illinois districts by per-pupil spending (Illinois districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
3,508
Total Enrollment
7
Schools
$17,662
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, Middle
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Kirby Sd 140 operates 7 public schools serving 3,508 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Illinois. The school portfolio breaks down into 5 combined, 2 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 Cook County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $17,662 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the upper half of 848 Illinois districts by per-pupil spending. See how Illinois compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 63.3% local, 29.5% state, and 7.1% 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 42/100, ranked #298 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 499.3:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 15.5% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 70.8% White, 14.8% Hispanic or Latino, 7.1% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Helen Keller Elem School, with a diversity index of 51.6/100.
Virgil I Grissom Middle School accounts for 17.9% of all Kirby Sd 140 student enrollment
That concentration means Kirby Sd 140-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: middle. 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.
Kirby Sd 140 student-counselor ratio is 499:1: well above typical (strongly associated with staffing constraints that limit per-student counselor time; CRDC data shows higher ratios cluster in larger urban systems)
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 above the benchmark warrant a closer look at the underlying sub-units rather than treating the aggregate as representative.
Kirby Sd 140 chronic absenteeism rate is 15.5%: slightly below the ~28 national average, 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 Sitting just under the national figure still leaves meaningful room for sub-unit variation that the aggregate number hides. Variation between sub-units within Kirby Sd 140 is typically wider than the Kirby Sd 140-aggregate figure suggests.