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Newark, Illinois - 2 schools
An equity score of 17/100 ranks Newark Ccsd 66 #733 of 763 districts in Illinois (state average 38). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $11,583 per pupil, Newark Ccsd 66 ranks #811 of 848 Illinois districts by per-pupil spending (Illinois districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
235
Total Enrollment
2
Schools
$11,583
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Newark Ccsd 66 operates 2 public schools serving 235 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Illinois. The school portfolio breaks down into 2 elementary 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 Kendall County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $11,583 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, among the bottom 85 of 848 Illinois districts by per-pupil spending. See how Illinois compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 78.7% local, 11.3% state, and 10.0% 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 17/100, ranked #733 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.
and 21.0% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 79.7% White, 15.8% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Newark Elem School, enrolling 116 students (57% of the district's total enrollment).
Newark Elem School accounts for 49.4% of all Newark Ccsd 66 student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Newark Ccsd 66 a distant remainder — means Newark Ccsd 66-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.
Newark Ccsd 66 chronic absenteeism rate is 21.0% — 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 Newark Ccsd 66 is typically wider than the Newark Ccsd 66-aggregate figure suggests.