An equity score of 30/100 ranks Maine Township Hsd 207 #547 of 763 districts in Illinois (state average 38). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $26,324 per pupil, Maine Township Hsd 207 ranks #36 of 848 Illinois districts by per-pupil spending (Illinois districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
6,183
Total Enrollment
3
Schools
$26,324
Per-Pupil Spending
High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Maine Township Hsd 207 operates 3 public schools serving 6,183 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Illinois. The school portfolio breaks down into 3 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 $26,324 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, among the top 85 of 848 Illinois districts by per-pupil spending. See how Illinois compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 75.5% local, 21.8% state, and 2.7% 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 30/100, ranked #547 of 763 in Illinois against a state average of 38, notably less even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
Academic infrastructure includes 3 of 3 schools offering Advanced Placement (80 AP courses district-wide), a 272.3:1 student-counselor ratio, somewhat above the 250:1 ASCA recommendation, and 35.4% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 50.2% White, 27.2% Hispanic or Latino, 16.0% Asian across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Maine East High School, with a diversity index of 71.2/100.
Its largest campus is Maine South High School, enrolling 2,494 students (40% of the district's total enrollment).
Maine South High School accounts for 39.8% of all Maine Township Hsd 207 student enrollment
That concentration means Maine Township Hsd 207-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.
Maine Township Hsd 207 student-counselor ratio is 272:1: slightly below the ~408 national average, within the typical range for U.S. public districts
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 Sitting just under the national figure still leaves meaningful room for sub-unit variation that the aggregate number hides. Variation between sub-units within Maine Township Hsd 207 is typically wider than the Maine Township Hsd 207-aggregate figure suggests.
Maine Township Hsd 207 chronic absenteeism rate is 35.4%: on the high side (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.