An equity score of 58/100 ranks Maywood-Melrose Park-Broadview 89 #23 of 759 districts in Illinois (state average 38). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $20,096 per pupil, Maywood-Melrose Park-Broadview 89 ranks #228 of 845 Illinois districts by per-pupil spending (Illinois districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
4,208
Total Enrollment
9
Schools
$20,096
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, Middle
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Maywood-Melrose Park-Broadview 89 operates 9 public schools serving 4,208 students, placing it among the smaller districts in Illinois. The school portfolio breaks down into 7 combined, 1 middle, 1 elementary schools, a compact enough portfolio that families can compare every campus directly before they move, rent, or enrol. 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 $20,096 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the upper half of 845 Illinois districts by per-pupil spending. See how Illinois compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 22.0% local, 66.9% state, and 11.0% federal, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles. The district's equity score is 58/100, ranked #23 of 759 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 221.7:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 36.7% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 65.8% Hispanic or Latino, 30.8% African American, 1.4% White across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Emerson Elem School, with a diversity index of 53.2/100.
Its largest campus is Stevenson Middle School, enrolling 682 students (17% of the district's total enrollment).
Stevenson Middle School accounts for 16.2% of all Maywood-Melrose Park-Broadview 89 student enrollment
That concentration means Maywood-Melrose Park-Broadview 89-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade band: middle. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how the district allocates programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.
Maywood-Melrose Park-Broadview 89 student-counselor ratio is 222:1 — low (typically associated with meeting or exceeding the American School Counselor Association (ASCA) recommended 250:1 benchmark, which correlates with stronger college and career counseling capacity)
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 Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.
Maywood-Melrose Park-Broadview 89 chronic absenteeism rate is 36.7% — 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.
Comparisons are relative to Maywood-Melrose Park-Broadview 89's own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data and the F-33 Finance Survey.
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