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New Athens, Illinois - 3 schools
An equity score of 22/100 ranks New Athens Cusd 60 #689 of 763 districts in Illinois (state average 38). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $12,778 per pupil, New Athens Cusd 60 ranks #724 of 848 Illinois districts by per-pupil spending (Illinois districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
494
Total Enrollment
3
Schools
$12,778
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
New Athens Cusd 60 operates 3 public schools serving 494 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Illinois. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 combined, 1 high, 1 middle 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 St. Clair County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $12,778 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 52.0% local, 36.4% state, and 11.5% 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 22/100, ranked #689 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 3 schools offering Advanced Placement (1 AP courses district-wide), a 164:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 14.4% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 94.9% White, 3.1% Hispanic or Latino, 0.3% Asian across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is New Athens High School, with a diversity index of 10.6/100.
Its largest campus is New Athens Elem, enrolling 229 students (47% of the district's total enrollment).
New Athens Elem accounts for 46.4% of all New Athens Cusd 60 student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of New Athens Cusd 60 a distant remainder — means New Athens Cusd 60-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.
New Athens Cusd 60 school enrollment varies 2.4× across entities
New Athens Cusd 60 school enrollment ranges from 95 students (lowest) to 229 students (highest), a spread of 134 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.
New Athens Cusd 60 student-counselor ratio is 164:1 — 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.
New Athens Cusd 60 chronic absenteeism rate is 14.4% — 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.