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Highland Park, Illinois - 10 schools
An equity score of 40/100 ranks North Shore Sd 112 #336 of 763 districts in Illinois (state average 38). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $24,027 per pupil, North Shore Sd 112 ranks #70 of 848 Illinois districts by per-pupil spending (Illinois districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
3,785
Total Enrollment
10
Schools
$24,027
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, Middle
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
North Shore Sd 112 operates 10 public schools serving 3,785 students, placing it among the smaller districts in Illinois. The school portfolio breaks down into 7 elementary, 2 middle, 1 combined schools, a compact enough portfolio that families can compare every campus directly before they move, rent, or enrol. 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 $24,027 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, among the top 85 of 848 Illinois districts by per-pupil spending. See how Illinois compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 72.0% local, 22.6% state, and 5.4% 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 40/100, ranked #336 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 9.8% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 68.2% White, 21.7% Hispanic or Latino, 3.2% Asian across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Northwood Middle School, with a diversity index of 59.9/100.
Its largest campus is Edgewood Middle School, enrolling 663 students (17% of the district's total enrollment).
Edgewood Middle School accounts for 16.7% of all North Shore Sd 112 student enrollment
That concentration means North Shore Sd 112-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: middle. 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 Shore Sd 112 school enrollment varies 2.9× across entities
North Shore Sd 112 school enrollment ranges from 225 students (lowest) to 663 students (highest), a spread of 438 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 Shore Sd 112 chronic absenteeism rate is 9.8% — 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.