An equity score of 53/100 ranks Marquardt Sd 15 #63 of 763 districts in Illinois (state average 38). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $19,920 per pupil, Marquardt Sd 15 ranks #179 of 848 Illinois districts by per-pupil spending (Illinois districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
2,346
Total Enrollment
5
Schools
$19,920
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, Combined
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Marquardt Sd 15 operates 5 public schools serving 2,346 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Illinois. The school portfolio breaks down into 2 elementary, 2 combined, 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 Dupage County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $19,920 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 53.0% local, 34.0% state, and 12.9% 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 53/100, ranked #63 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 37.9% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 54.7% Hispanic or Latino, 18.7% White, 12.7% Asian across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Winnebago Elem School, with a diversity index of 72.5/100.
Its largest campus is Marquardt Middle School, enrolling 754 students (33% of the district's total enrollment).
Marquardt Middle School accounts for 32.1% of all Marquardt Sd 15 student enrollment
That concentration means Marquardt Sd 15-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.
Marquardt Sd 15 school enrollment varies 2.6× across entities
Marquardt Sd 15 school enrollment ranges from 294 students (lowest) to 754 students (highest), a spread of 460 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.
Marquardt Sd 15 chronic absenteeism rate is 37.9%: 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.