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Mount Pulaski, Illinois - 2 schools
An equity score of 25/100 ranks Mt Pulaski Cusd 23 #653 of 763 districts in Illinois (state average 38). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $14,198 per pupil, Mt Pulaski Cusd 23 ranks #576 of 848 Illinois districts by per-pupil spending (Illinois districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
554
Total Enrollment
2
Schools
$14,198
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Mt Pulaski Cusd 23 operates 2 public schools serving 554 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Illinois. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 combined, 1 high 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 Logan County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $14,198 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 82.8% local, 10.9% state, and 6.3% 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 25/100, ranked #653 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.
a 181.3:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 25.4% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 94.3% White, 2.2% Hispanic or Latino, 1.8% African American across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Mount Pulaski Elem School, enrolling 369 students (67% of the district's total enrollment).
Mount Pulaski Elem School accounts for 66.6% of all Mt Pulaski Cusd 23 student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Mt Pulaski Cusd 23 a distant remainder — means Mt Pulaski Cusd 23-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.
Mt Pulaski Cusd 23 student-counselor ratio is 181:1 — 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.
Mt Pulaski Cusd 23 chronic absenteeism rate is 25.4% — 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 Mt Pulaski Cusd 23 is typically wider than the Mt Pulaski Cusd 23-aggregate figure suggests.