An equity score of 32/100 ranks Leyden Chsd 212 #510 of 759 districts in Illinois (state average 38). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $25,808 per pupil, Leyden Chsd 212 ranks #70 of 845 Illinois districts by per-pupil spending (Illinois districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
3,610
Total Enrollment
2
Schools
$25,808
Per-Pupil Spending
High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Leyden Chsd 212 operates 2 public schools serving 3,610 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Illinois. The school portfolio breaks down into 2 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 Cook County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $25,808 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, among the top 85 of 845 Illinois districts by per-pupil spending. See how Illinois compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 73.6% local, 23.3% state, and 3.2% 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 32/100, ranked #510 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.
Academic infrastructure includes 2 of 2 schools offering Advanced Placement (42 AP courses district-wide), a 220.4:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 38.4% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 72.5% Hispanic or Latino, 22.0% White, 2.5% Asian across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is East Leyden High School, enrolling 1,840 students (52% of the district's total enrollment).
East Leyden High School accounts for 51.0% of all Leyden Chsd 212 student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Leyden Chsd 212 a distant remainder — means Leyden Chsd 212-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade band: high. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how the district allocates programs, capital, or staff. Because it contains a majority of the affected population, enrollment-weighted aggregates will sit closer to this entity's reported fields than to those of smaller peers; an unweighted entity count answers a different question.
Leyden Chsd 212 student-counselor ratio is 220:1 — 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.
Leyden Chsd 212 chronic absenteeism rate is 38.4% — 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.