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Knoxville, Illinois - 3 schools
An equity score of 37/100 ranks Knoxville Cusd 202 #424 of 763 districts in Illinois (state average 38). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $13,202 per pupil, Knoxville Cusd 202 ranks #675 of 848 Illinois districts by per-pupil spending (Illinois districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
961
Total Enrollment
3
Schools
$13,202
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Knoxville Cusd 202 operates 3 public schools serving 961 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Illinois. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 combined, 1 high, 1 elementary 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 Knox County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $13,202 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 43.5% local, 47.3% state, and 9.2% federal, a balanced mix across local, state, and federal sources, spreading budget risk across funding cycles rather than concentrating it in one. The district's equity score is 37/100, ranked #424 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 267:1 student-counselor ratio, somewhat above the 250:1 ASCA recommendation, and 8.7% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 96.2% White, 0.4% African American, 0.1% Asian across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Knoxville Sr High School, with a diversity index of 9.2/100.
Its largest campus is Mable Woolsey Elem School, enrolling 383 students (42% of the district's total enrollment).
Mable Woolsey Elem School accounts for 39.9% of all Knoxville Cusd 202 student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Knoxville Cusd 202-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: combined. 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.
Knoxville Cusd 202 student-counselor ratio is 267:1 — 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 Knoxville Cusd 202 is typically wider than the Knoxville Cusd 202-aggregate figure suggests.
Knoxville Cusd 202 chronic absenteeism rate is 8.7% — well below typical (typically associated with unusually small scale or exceptionally high per-unit investment)
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 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.