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Lansing, Illinois - 5 schools
An equity score of 27/100 ranks Lansing Sd 158 #610 of 763 districts in Illinois (state average 38). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $12,557 per pupil, Lansing Sd 158 ranks #742 of 848 Illinois districts by per-pupil spending (Illinois districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
2,517
Total Enrollment
5
Schools
$12,557
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, Middle
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Lansing Sd 158 operates 5 public schools serving 2,517 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Illinois. The school portfolio breaks down into 3 elementary, 1 middle, 1 combined 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 $12,557 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 38.6% local, 45.4% state, and 16.1% 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 27/100, ranked #610 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.
and 36.8% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 61.8% African American, 27.3% Hispanic or Latino, 5.0% White across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Coolidge Elementary School, with a diversity index of 58.5/100.
Its largest campus is Memorial Jr High School, enrolling 854 students (34% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Lester Crawl Primary Ctr, at 135 students, a 6x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Memorial Jr High School accounts for 33.5% of all Lansing Sd 158 student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Lansing Sd 158-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.
Lansing Sd 158 school enrollment varies 6.3× across entities
Lansing Sd 158 school enrollment ranges from 135 students (lowest) to 854 students (highest), a spread of 719 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.
Lansing Sd 158 chronic absenteeism rate is 36.8% — 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.