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Marquette Heights, Illinois - 2 schools
An equity score of 37/100 ranks N Pekin & Marquette Hght Sd 102 #431 of 763 districts in Illinois (state average 38). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $13,253 per pupil, N Pekin & Marquette Hght Sd 102 ranks #668 of 848 Illinois districts by per-pupil spending (Illinois districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
435
Total Enrollment
2
Schools
$13,253
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, Combined
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
N Pekin & Marquette Hght Sd 102 operates 2 public schools serving 435 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Illinois. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 elementary, 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 Tazewell County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $13,253 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 35.6% local, 56.4% state, and 8.0% federal, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles. The district's equity score is 37/100, ranked #431 of 763 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.
and 19.1% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 87.6% White, 2.0% Hispanic or Latino, 0.2% African American across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Georgetown Middle School, enrolling 230 students (51% of the district's total enrollment).
Georgetown Middle School accounts for 50.8% of all N Pekin & Marquette Hght Sd 102 student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of N Pekin & Marquette Hght Sd 102 a distant remainder — means N Pekin & Marquette Hght Sd 102-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: elementary. 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.
N Pekin & Marquette Hght Sd 102 chronic absenteeism rate is 19.1% — 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 N Pekin & Marquette Hght Sd 102 is typically wider than the N Pekin & Marquette Hght Sd 102-aggregate figure suggests.
Comparisons are relative to N Pekin & Marquette Hght Sd 102's own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data and the F-33 Finance Survey.
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