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Forsyth, Illinois - 3 schools
An equity score of 13/100 ranks Maroa Forsyth Cusd 2 #752 of 763 districts in Illinois (state average 38). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $12,406 per pupil, Maroa Forsyth Cusd 2 ranks #755 of 848 Illinois districts by per-pupil spending (Illinois districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
1,194
Total Enrollment
3
Schools
$12,406
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Maroa Forsyth Cusd 2 operates 3 public schools serving 1,194 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Illinois. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 combined, 1 high, 1 middle 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 Macon County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $12,406 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 63.2% local, 29.2% state, and 7.6% 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 13/100, ranked #752 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 1 of 3 schools offering Advanced Placement (2 AP courses district-wide), and 13.5% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 76.8% White, 9.3% Asian, 5.6% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Maroa-Forsyth Grade School, with a diversity index of 46.4/100.
Its largest campus is Maroa-Forsyth Grade School, enrolling 593 students (49% of the district's total enrollment).
Maroa-Forsyth Grade School accounts for 48.9% of all Maroa Forsyth Cusd 2 student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Maroa Forsyth Cusd 2 a distant remainder — means Maroa Forsyth Cusd 2-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: combined. 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.
Maroa Forsyth Cusd 2 school enrollment varies 2.2× across entities
Maroa Forsyth Cusd 2 school enrollment ranges from 271 students (lowest) to 593 students (highest), a spread of 322 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.
Maroa Forsyth Cusd 2 chronic absenteeism rate is 13.5% — low (typically associated with lower-than-average attendance disruption; districts in this range often have attendance interventions, robust transportation, or smaller catchments that reduce barriers)
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 Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.