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Mokena, Illinois - 3 schools
An equity score of 17/100 ranks Mokena Sd 159 #729 of 763 districts in Illinois (state average 38). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $14,697 per pupil, Mokena Sd 159 ranks #531 of 848 Illinois districts by per-pupil spending (Illinois districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
1,542
Total Enrollment
3
Schools
$14,697
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, Middle
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Mokena Sd 159 operates 3 public schools serving 1,542 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Illinois. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 combined, 1 middle, 1 elementary 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 Will County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $14,697 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 72.3% local, 23.2% state, and 4.5% 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 17/100, ranked #729 of 763 in Illinois against a state average of 38, notably less even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
and 10.0% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 77.8% White, 13.2% Hispanic or Latino, 3.8% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Mokena Intermediate School, with a diversity index of 38.8/100.
Its largest campus is Mokena Elem School, enrolling 709 students (46% of the district's total enrollment).
Mokena Elem School accounts for 45.5% of all Mokena Sd 159 student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Mokena Sd 159 a distant remainder — means Mokena Sd 159-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: combined. 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.
Mokena Sd 159 school enrollment varies 2.0× across entities
Mokena Sd 159 school enrollment ranges from 346 students (lowest) to 709 students (highest), a spread of 363 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.
Mokena Sd 159 chronic absenteeism rate is 10.0% — low (typically associated with lower-than-average attendance disruption; districts in this range often have attendance interventions, robust transportation, or smaller catchments that reduce barriers)
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 Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.