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Manhattan, Illinois - 3 schools
An equity score of 22/100 ranks Manhattan Sd 114 #683 of 763 districts in Illinois (state average 38). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $11,094 per pupil, Manhattan Sd 114 ranks #823 of 848 Illinois districts by per-pupil spending (Illinois districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
1,881
Total Enrollment
3
Schools
$11,094
Per-Pupil Spending
Middle, Combined
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Manhattan Sd 114 operates 3 public schools serving 1,881 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Illinois. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 middle, 1 combined, 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 Will County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $11,094 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, among the bottom 85 of 848 Illinois districts by per-pupil spending. See how Illinois compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 60.4% local, 35.1% state, and 4.5% 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 22/100, ranked #683 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.
and 18.2% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 83.0% White, 11.4% Hispanic or Latino, 2.4% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Wilson Creek Elem Sch, with a diversity index of 30.3/100.
Its largest campus is Manhattan Jr High School, enrolling 615 students (39% of the district's total enrollment).
Manhattan Jr High School accounts for 32.7% of all Manhattan Sd 114 student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Manhattan Sd 114-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.
Manhattan Sd 114 chronic absenteeism rate is 18.2% — 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 Manhattan Sd 114 is typically wider than the Manhattan Sd 114-aggregate figure suggests.