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Richton Park, Illinois - 7 schools
An equity score of 47/100 ranks Matteson Esd 162 #160 of 763 districts in Illinois (state average 38). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $17,561 per pupil, Matteson Esd 162 ranks #313 of 848 Illinois districts by per-pupil spending (Illinois districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
2,401
Total Enrollment
7
Schools
$17,561
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, Middle
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Matteson Esd 162 operates 7 public schools serving 2,401 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Illinois. The school portfolio breaks down into 5 elementary, 1 middle, 1 combined 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 $17,561 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 47.5% local, 38.2% state, and 14.3% federal, a balanced mix across local, state, and federal sources, spreading budget risk across funding cycles rather than concentrating it in one. The district's equity score is 47/100, ranked #160 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.
a 406:1 student-counselor ratio, well above the ASCA benchmark though still under the roughly 408:1 national average, and 31.9% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 88.3% African American, 6.9% Hispanic or Latino, 1.3% White across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Sauk Elem School, with a diversity index of 26.2/100.
Its largest campus is Arcadia Elem School, enrolling 516 students (21% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Richton Square School, at 161 students, a 3x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Arcadia Elem School accounts for 21.5% of all Matteson Esd 162 student enrollment
That concentration means Matteson Esd 162-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: elementary. 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.
Matteson Esd 162 school enrollment varies 3.2× across entities
Matteson Esd 162 school enrollment ranges from 161 students (lowest) to 516 students (highest), a spread of 355 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.
Matteson Esd 162 student-counselor ratio is 406:1 — high (typically associated with staffing constraints that limit per-student counselor time; CRDC data shows higher ratios cluster in larger urban systems)
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 Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.
Matteson Esd 162 chronic absenteeism rate is 31.9% — high (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.