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Lyons, Illinois - 6 schools
An equity score of 54/100 ranks Lyons Sd 103 #54 of 763 districts in Illinois (state average 38). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $19,896 per pupil, Lyons Sd 103 ranks #182 of 848 Illinois districts by per-pupil spending (Illinois districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
2,148
Total Enrollment
6
Schools
$19,896
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, Middle
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Lyons Sd 103 operates 6 public schools serving 2,148 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Illinois. The school portfolio breaks down into 4 combined, 1 middle, 1 elementary 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 $19,896 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the upper half of 848 Illinois districts by per-pupil spending. See how Illinois compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 55.6% local, 39.8% state, and 4.6% 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 54/100, ranked #54 of 763 in Illinois against a state average of 38, notably more even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
and 34.6% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 81.5% Hispanic or Latino, 10.9% White, 4.4% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Lincoln Elem School, with a diversity index of 44.2/100.
Its largest campus is Washington Middle School, enrolling 659 students (32% of the district's total enrollment).
Washington Middle School accounts for 30.7% of all Lyons Sd 103 student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Lyons Sd 103-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.
Lyons Sd 103 school enrollment varies 2.9× across entities
Lyons Sd 103 school enrollment ranges from 228 students (lowest) to 659 students (highest), a spread of 431 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.
Lyons Sd 103 chronic absenteeism rate is 34.6% — 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.