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Palos Park, Illinois - 3 schools
An equity score of 35/100 ranks Palos Ccsd 118 #459 of 763 districts in Illinois (state average 38). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $18,629 per pupil, Palos Ccsd 118 ranks #232 of 848 Illinois districts by per-pupil spending (Illinois districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
2,104
Total Enrollment
3
Schools
$18,629
Per-Pupil Spending
Middle, Elementary
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Palos Ccsd 118 operates 3 public schools serving 2,104 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Illinois. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 middle, 1 elementary, 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 Cook County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $18,629 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 63.9% local, 28.2% state, and 7.9% 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 35/100, ranked #459 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 13.5% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 76.4% White, 14.5% Hispanic or Latino, 2.9% Asian across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Palos South Middle School, with a diversity index of 40.2/100.
Its largest campus is Palos South Middle School, enrolling 717 students (34% of the district's total enrollment).
Palos South Middle School accounts for 33.8% of all Palos Ccsd 118 student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Palos Ccsd 118-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.
Palos Ccsd 118 chronic absenteeism rate is 13.5% — 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.