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Bethany, Illinois - 3 schools
An equity score of 44/100 ranks Okaw Valley Cusd 302 #254 of 763 districts in Illinois (state average 38). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $14,871 per pupil, Okaw Valley Cusd 302 ranks #517 of 848 Illinois districts by per-pupil spending (Illinois districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
463
Total Enrollment
3
Schools
$14,871
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Okaw Valley Cusd 302 operates 3 public schools serving 463 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Illinois. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 combined, 1 high, 1 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 Moultrie County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $14,871 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 55.7% local, 32.2% state, and 12.1% 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 44/100, ranked #254 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.
a 152:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 22.7% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 96.3% White, 1.3% Hispanic or Latino, 1.0% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Okaw Valley High School, with a diversity index of 11.9/100.
Its largest campus is Okaw Valley Elementary School, enrolling 170 students (37% of the district's total enrollment).
Okaw Valley Elementary School accounts for 36.7% of all Okaw Valley Cusd 302 student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Okaw Valley Cusd 302-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.
Okaw Valley Cusd 302 student-counselor ratio is 152:1 — 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.
Okaw Valley Cusd 302 chronic absenteeism rate is 22.7% — 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 Okaw Valley Cusd 302 is typically wider than the Okaw Valley Cusd 302-aggregate figure suggests.