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Mattoon, Illinois - 5 schools
An equity score of 37/100 ranks Mattoon Cusd 2 #415 of 763 districts in Illinois (state average 38). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $14,376 per pupil, Mattoon Cusd 2 ranks #564 of 848 Illinois districts by per-pupil spending (Illinois districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
3,137
Total Enrollment
5
Schools
$14,376
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Mattoon Cusd 2 operates 5 public schools serving 3,137 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Illinois. The school portfolio breaks down into 2 elementary, 1 high, 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 Coles County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $14,376 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 38.1% local, 44.7% state, and 17.2% 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 37/100, ranked #415 of 763 in Illinois against a state average of 38, in line with the typical spread seen across the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
and 40.4% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 78.5% White, 6.2% Hispanic or Latino, 5.6% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Arland D Williams Jr Elem Sch, with a diversity index of 43.0/100.
Its largest campus is Mattoon High School, enrolling 888 students (30% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Franklin Elementary School, at 243 students, a 4x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Mattoon High School accounts for 28.3% of all Mattoon Cusd 2 student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Mattoon Cusd 2-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.
Mattoon Cusd 2 school enrollment varies 3.7× across entities
Mattoon Cusd 2 school enrollment ranges from 243 students (lowest) to 888 students (highest), a spread of 645 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.
Mattoon Cusd 2 chronic absenteeism rate is 40.4% — 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.