At $11,568 per pupil, Lick Creek Ccsd 16 ranks #825 of 845 Illinois districts by per-pupil spending (Illinois districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Lick Creek Ccsd 16 operates 1 public schools serving 139 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Illinois. The school portfolio breaks down into 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 Union County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $11,568 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, among the bottom 85 of 845 Illinois districts by per-pupil spending. See how Illinois compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 26.0% local, 53.0% state, and 21.0% federal, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles.
and 21.4% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 92.1% White, 2.4% Hispanic or Latino, 0.8% African American across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Lick Creek Elem School, enrolling 126 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
Lick Creek Elem School accounts for 90.6% of all Lick Creek Ccsd 16 student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Lick Creek Ccsd 16 a distant remainder — means Lick Creek Ccsd 16-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade band: combined. 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.
Lick Creek Ccsd 16 chronic absenteeism rate is 21.4% — near the typical range (US average ~28) — aligned with the national post-pandemic baseline of roughly 28% chronic absenteeism
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 Variation between sub-units within Lick Creek Ccsd 16 is typically wider than the Lick Creek Ccsd 16-aggregate figure suggests.
Lick Creek Ccsd 16 has 1 school, including 1 combined. Total enrollment is 139 students.
How much does Lick Creek Ccsd 16 spend per student?
Lick Creek Ccsd 16 spends $11,568 per student.
What is the demographic composition of Lick Creek Ccsd 16?
Lick Creek Ccsd 16 students are 92.1% White, 2.4% Hispanic or Latino, 0.8% African American, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.