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Lena, Illinois - 3 schools
An equity score of 31/100 ranks Lena Winslow Cusd 202 #540 of 763 districts in Illinois (state average 38). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $13,091 per pupil, Lena Winslow Cusd 202 ranks #685 of 848 Illinois districts by per-pupil spending (Illinois districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
810
Total Enrollment
3
Schools
$13,091
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Lena Winslow Cusd 202 operates 3 public schools serving 810 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Illinois. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 combined, 1 high, 1 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 Stephenson County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $13,091 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 49.4% local, 41.1% state, and 9.5% 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 31/100, ranked #540 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 648.6:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 8.5% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 91.2% White, 4.4% Hispanic or Latino, 1.5% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Lena-Winslow Jr High School, with a diversity index of 19.4/100.
Its largest campus is Lena-Winslow Elem School, enrolling 412 students (50% of the district's total enrollment).
Lena-Winslow Elem School accounts for 50.4% of all Lena Winslow Cusd 202 student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Lena Winslow Cusd 202 a distant remainder — means Lena Winslow 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.
Lena Winslow Cusd 202 school enrollment varies 2.4× across entities
Lena Winslow Cusd 202 school enrollment ranges from 173 students (lowest) to 412 students (highest), a spread of 239 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.
Lena Winslow Cusd 202 student-counselor ratio is 649:1 — 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.
Lena Winslow Cusd 202 chronic absenteeism rate is 8.5% — 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.