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Litchfield, Illinois - 6 schools
An equity score of 32/100 ranks Litchfield Cusd 12 #520 of 763 districts in Illinois (state average 38). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $15,434 per pupil, Litchfield Cusd 12 ranks #465 of 848 Illinois districts by per-pupil spending (Illinois districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
1,316
Total Enrollment
6
Schools
$15,434
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Litchfield Cusd 12 operates 6 public schools serving 1,316 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Illinois. The school portfolio breaks down into 3 elementary, 1 high, 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 Montgomery County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $15,434 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 41.1% local, 48.2% state, and 10.7% 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 32/100, ranked #520 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 242.8:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 29.3% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 93.1% White, 2.9% Hispanic or Latino, 1.1% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Litchfield Senior High School, with a diversity index of 15.3/100.
Its largest campus is Litchfield Senior High School, enrolling 382 students (26% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Litchfield Prekindergarten, at 100 students, a 4x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Litchfield Senior High School accounts for 26.2% of all Litchfield Cusd 12 student enrollment
That concentration means Litchfield Cusd 12-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.
Litchfield Cusd 12 school enrollment varies 3.8× across entities
Litchfield Cusd 12 school enrollment ranges from 100 students (lowest) to 382 students (highest), a spread of 282 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.
Litchfield Cusd 12 student-counselor ratio is 243:1 — 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.
Litchfield Cusd 12 chronic absenteeism rate is 29.3% — 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 Litchfield Cusd 12 is typically wider than the Litchfield Cusd 12-aggregate figure suggests.