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Monticello, Illinois - 4 schools
An equity score of 16/100 ranks Monticello Cusd 25 #736 of 763 districts in Illinois (state average 38). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $13,809 per pupil, Monticello Cusd 25 ranks #622 of 848 Illinois districts by per-pupil spending (Illinois districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
1,665
Total Enrollment
4
Schools
$13,809
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Monticello Cusd 25 operates 4 public schools serving 1,665 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Illinois. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 combined, 1 high, 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 Piatt County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $13,809 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 77.9% local, 16.5% state, and 5.6% 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 16/100, ranked #736 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.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 4 schools offering Advanced Placement (4 AP courses district-wide), a 426.2:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 20.1% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 92.5% White, 2.0% Hispanic or Latino, 1.6% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Monticello High School, with a diversity index of 17.7/100.
Its largest campus is Washington School, enrolling 543 students (32% of the district's total enrollment).
Washington School accounts for 31.8% of all Monticello Cusd 25 student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Monticello Cusd 25-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.
Monticello Cusd 25 school enrollment varies 2.0× across entities
Monticello Cusd 25 school enrollment ranges from 270 students (lowest) to 543 students (highest), a spread of 273 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.
Monticello Cusd 25 student-counselor ratio is 426:1 — 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.
Monticello Cusd 25 chronic absenteeism rate is 20.1% — near the typical range (US average ~28) — aligned with the national post-pandemic baseline of roughly 28% chronic absenteeism
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 Variation between sub-units within Monticello Cusd 25 is typically wider than the Monticello Cusd 25-aggregate figure suggests.