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Palmyra, Illinois - 3 schools
An equity score of 61/100 ranks Northwestern Cusd 2 #15 of 763 districts in Illinois (state average 38). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $17,840 per pupil, Northwestern Cusd 2 ranks #289 of 848 Illinois districts by per-pupil spending (Illinois districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
319
Total Enrollment
3
Schools
$17,840
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, Middle
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Northwestern Cusd 2 operates 3 public schools serving 319 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Illinois. The school portfolio breaks down into 2 combined, 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 Macoupin County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $17,840 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 37.3% local, 49.6% state, and 13.1% 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 61/100, ranked #15 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.
a 107.7:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 22.1% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 95.4% White, 1.5% Hispanic or Latino, 0.8% Asian across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Northwestern Jr High School, with a diversity index of 14.2/100.
Its largest campus is Northwestern Elem School, enrolling 189 students (59% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Northwestern Jr High School, at 40 students, a 5x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Northwestern Elem School accounts for 58.5% of all Northwestern Cusd 2 student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Northwestern Cusd 2 a distant remainder — means Northwestern Cusd 2-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.
Northwestern Cusd 2 school enrollment varies 4.7× across entities
Northwestern Cusd 2 school enrollment ranges from 40 students (lowest) to 189 students (highest), a spread of 149 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.
Northwestern Cusd 2 student-counselor ratio is 108:1 — well below typical (typically associated with unusually small scale or exceptionally high per-unit investment)
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 Values this far below typical often correlate with unusually small scale or population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se — worth checking whether the underlying denominator is itself an outlier.
Northwestern Cusd 2 chronic absenteeism rate is 22.1% — 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 Northwestern Cusd 2 is typically wider than the Northwestern Cusd 2-aggregate figure suggests.