An equity score of 36/100 ranks Mundelein Esd 75 #425 of 759 districts in Illinois (state average 38). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $19,241 per pupil, Mundelein Esd 75 ranks #275 of 845 Illinois districts by per-pupil spending (Illinois districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
1,575
Total Enrollment
4
Schools
$19,241
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, Middle
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Mundelein Esd 75 operates 4 public schools serving 1,575 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 Lake County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $19,241 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the upper half of 845 Illinois districts by per-pupil spending. See how Illinois compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 56.7% local, 35.7% state, and 7.6% 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 36/100, ranked #425 of 759 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.
a 486:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 21.6% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 56.4% Hispanic or Latino, 32.3% White, 3.9% Asian across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Mechanics Grove Elem School, with a diversity index of 60.7/100.
Its largest campus is Carl Sandburg Middle School, enrolling 529 students (34% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Lincoln Elem School, at 88 students, a 6x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Carl Sandburg Middle School accounts for 33.6% of all Mundelein Esd 75 student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Mundelein Esd 75-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.
Mundelein Esd 75 school enrollment varies 6.0× across entities
Mundelein Esd 75 school enrollment ranges from 88 students (lowest) to 529 students (highest), a spread of 441 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.
Mundelein Esd 75 student-counselor ratio is 486:1 — 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.
Mundelein Esd 75 chronic absenteeism rate is 21.6% — 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 Mundelein Esd 75 is typically wider than the Mundelein Esd 75-aggregate figure suggests.