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Poplar Grove, Illinois - 6 schools
An equity score of 47/100 ranks North Boone Cusd 200 #165 of 763 districts in Illinois (state average 38). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $16,276 per pupil, North Boone Cusd 200 ranks #398 of 848 Illinois districts by per-pupil spending (Illinois districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
1,531
Total Enrollment
6
Schools
$16,276
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
North Boone Cusd 200 operates 6 public schools serving 1,531 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Illinois. The school portfolio breaks down into 3 elementary, 1 high, 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 Boone County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $16,276 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the upper half of 848 Illinois districts by per-pupil spending. See how Illinois compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 44.9% local, 49.4% state, and 5.6% federal, a balanced mix across local, state, and federal sources, spreading budget risk across funding cycles rather than concentrating it in one. The district's equity score is 47/100, ranked #165 of 763 in Illinois against a state average of 38, notably more even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 6 schools offering Advanced Placement (6 AP courses district-wide), a 269.3:1 student-counselor ratio, somewhat above the 250:1 ASCA recommendation, and 30.6% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 62.2% White, 31.6% Hispanic or Latino, 0.4% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is North Boone Middle School, with a diversity index of 54.8/100.
Its largest campus is North Boone High School, enrolling 496 students (34% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Manchester Elem School, at 136 students, a 4x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
North Boone High School accounts for 32.4% of all North Boone Cusd 200 student enrollment
That dominant concentration means North Boone Cusd 200-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: high. 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.
North Boone Cusd 200 school enrollment varies 3.6× across entities
North Boone Cusd 200 school enrollment ranges from 136 students (lowest) to 496 students (highest), a spread of 360 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.
North Boone Cusd 200 student-counselor ratio is 269:1 — near the typical range (US average ~408) — within the typical range for U.S. public districts
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 Variation between sub-units within North Boone Cusd 200 is typically wider than the North Boone Cusd 200-aggregate figure suggests.
North Boone Cusd 200 chronic absenteeism rate is 30.6% — high (typically associated with higher-than-average disruption; recent CRDC data showed elevated rates persisting after pandemic-era schooling changes)
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 Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.