An equity score of 41/100 ranks Kirby Sd 140 #312 of 759 districts in Illinois (state average 38). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $18,646 per pupil, Kirby Sd 140 ranks #306 of 845 Illinois districts by per-pupil spending (Illinois districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
3,508
Total Enrollment
7
Schools
$18,646
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 $18,646 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the upper half of 845 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 41/100, ranked #312 of 759 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 largest entity. Grade band: middle. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how the district allocates programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.
Kirby Sd 140 student-counselor ratio is 499:1 — well above typical (typically associated with unusually large scale or acute resource constraints)
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 typical often signal acute resource constraints or a structurally different scale than most peers — worth reading alongside the underlying counts, not the ratio alone.
Kirby Sd 140 chronic absenteeism rate is 15.5% — 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 Kirby Sd 140 is typically wider than the Kirby Sd 140-aggregate figure suggests.