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Ottawa, Illinois - 5 schools
An equity score of 44/100 ranks Ottawa Esd 141 #241 of 763 districts in Illinois (state average 38). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $15,797 per pupil, Ottawa Esd 141 ranks #436 of 848 Illinois districts by per-pupil spending (Illinois districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
1,745
Total Enrollment
5
Schools
$15,797
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, Middle
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Ottawa Esd 141 operates 5 public schools serving 1,745 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Illinois. The school portfolio breaks down into 3 combined, 1 middle, 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 Lasalle County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $15,797 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 49.6% local, 39.0% state, and 11.4% 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 44/100, ranked #241 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 353:1 student-counselor ratio, well above the ASCA benchmark though still under the roughly 408:1 national average, and 21.2% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 70.7% White, 19.4% Hispanic or Latino, 3.3% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Jefferson Elem School, with a diversity index of 53.6/100.
Its largest campus is Lincoln Elem School, enrolling 387 students (22% of the district's total enrollment).
Lincoln Elem School accounts for 22.2% of all Ottawa Esd 141 student enrollment
That concentration means Ottawa Esd 141-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.
Ottawa Esd 141 student-counselor ratio is 353:1 — high (typically associated with staffing constraints that limit per-student counselor time; CRDC data shows higher ratios cluster in larger urban systems)
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 Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.
Ottawa Esd 141 chronic absenteeism rate is 21.2% — 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 Ottawa Esd 141 is typically wider than the Ottawa Esd 141-aggregate figure suggests.