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Midlothian, Illinois - 4 schools
An equity score of 38/100 ranks Midlothian Sd 143 #391 of 763 districts in Illinois (state average 38). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $16,294 per pupil, Midlothian Sd 143 ranks #395 of 848 Illinois districts by per-pupil spending (Illinois districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
1,644
Total Enrollment
4
Schools
$16,294
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, Combined
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Midlothian Sd 143 operates 4 public schools serving 1,644 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Illinois. The school portfolio breaks down into 3 elementary, 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 $16,294 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 28.1% local, 58.3% state, and 13.6% 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 38/100, ranked #391 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 44.0% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 50.7% Hispanic or Latino, 21.7% White, 21.2% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Springfield Elem School, with a diversity index of 66.6/100.
Its largest campus is Central Park Elem School, enrolling 640 students (40% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Spaulding School, at 134 students, a 5x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Central Park Elem School accounts for 38.9% of all Midlothian Sd 143 student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Midlothian Sd 143-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.
Midlothian Sd 143 school enrollment varies 4.8× across entities
Midlothian Sd 143 school enrollment ranges from 134 students (lowest) to 640 students (highest), a spread of 506 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.
Midlothian Sd 143 chronic absenteeism rate is 44.0% — well above typical (typically associated with unusually large scale or acute resource constraints)
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 Values this far above typical often signal acute resource constraints or a structurally different scale than most peers — worth reading alongside the underlying counts, not the ratio alone.