An equity score of 32/100 ranks Lyons Twp Hsd 204 #509 of 759 districts in Illinois (state average 38). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $25,494 per pupil, Lyons Twp Hsd 204 ranks #74 of 845 Illinois districts by per-pupil spending (Illinois districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
3,842
Total Enrollment
1
Schools
$25,494
Per-Pupil Spending
High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Lyons Twp Hsd 204 operates 1 public schools serving 3,842 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Illinois. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 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 $25,494 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 76.9% local, 21.6% state, and 1.5% 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 #509 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 1 of 1 schools offering Advanced Placement (31 AP courses district-wide), a 231.6:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, . Demographically, the student body averages 63.7% White, 26.7% Hispanic or Latino, 3.4% African American across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Lyons Twp High Sch, enrolling 3,706 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
Lyons Twp High Sch accounts for 96.5% of all Lyons Twp Hsd 204 student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Lyons Twp Hsd 204 a distant remainder — means Lyons Twp Hsd 204-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.
Lyons Twp Hsd 204 student-counselor ratio is 232:1 — 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.