An equity score of 24/100 ranks Mount Prospect Sd 57 #651 of 759 districts in Illinois (state average 38). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $16,542 per pupil, Mount Prospect Sd 57 ranks #459 of 845 Illinois districts by per-pupil spending (Illinois districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
2,191
Total Enrollment
4
Schools
$16,542
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, Middle
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Mount Prospect Sd 57 operates 4 public schools serving 2,191 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Illinois. The school portfolio breaks down into 2 elementary, 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 Cook County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $16,542 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the lower half of 845 Illinois districts by per-pupil spending. See how Illinois compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 72.3% local, 23.7% state, and 4.0% 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 24/100, ranked #651 of 759 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 11.2% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 70.7% White, 13.8% Hispanic or Latino, 7.7% Asian across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Fairview Elem School, with a diversity index of 50.7/100.
Its largest campus is Lincoln Middle School, enrolling 784 students (37% of the district's total enrollment).
Lincoln Middle School accounts for 35.8% of all Mount Prospect Sd 57 student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Mount Prospect Sd 57-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.
Mount Prospect Sd 57 chronic absenteeism rate is 11.2% — 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.