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La Salle, Illinois - 1 schools
An equity score of 37/100 ranks La Salle-Peru Twp Hsd 120 #422 of 763 districts in Illinois (state average 38). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $18,175 per pupil, La Salle-Peru Twp Hsd 120 ranks #264 of 848 Illinois districts by per-pupil spending (Illinois districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
1,198
Total Enrollment
1
Schools
$18,175
Per-Pupil Spending
High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
La Salle-Peru Twp Hsd 120 operates 1 public schools serving 1,198 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Illinois. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 high 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 Lasalle County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $18,175 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 70.1% local, 23.4% state, and 6.5% 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 37/100, ranked #422 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.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 1 schools offering Advanced Placement (14 AP courses district-wide), a 233.4:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 34.9% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 67.4% White, 24.0% Hispanic or Latino, 2.5% African American across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is La Salle-Peru Twp High School, enrolling 1,167 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
La Salle-Peru Twp High School accounts for 97.4% of all La Salle-Peru Twp Hsd 120 student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of La Salle-Peru Twp Hsd 120 a distant remainder — means La Salle-Peru Twp Hsd 120-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.
La Salle-Peru Twp Hsd 120 student-counselor ratio is 233:1 — low (typically associated with meeting or exceeding the American School Counselor Association (ASCA) recommended 250:1 benchmark, which correlates with stronger college and career counseling capacity)
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 Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.
La Salle-Peru Twp Hsd 120 chronic absenteeism rate is 34.9% — 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.