Paw Paw Cusd 271 operates 2 public schools serving 114 students, placing it among the smaller districts in Illinois. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 elementary, 1 middle schools, giving families a clear picture of grade-band coverage before they move, rent, or enrol. Aggregated across those campuses, enrollment totals 129 pupils using the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is geographically located in Lee County County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $23,653 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, which aggregates every revenue and spending line reported under federal accounting standards. The funding mix is 70.6% local, 16.5% state, and 12.9% federal — a breakdown that matters because districts leaning heavily on local revenue are more exposed to property-tax swings, while higher federal shares typically track Title I concentration. Average teacher compensation clocks in at $97,881 per NCES F-33, a signal of the district's ability to recruit and retain staff against neighbouring districts.
and 15.8% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 83.6% White, 11.8% Hispanic or Latino, 2.9% African American across the district's schools.
Paw Paw Elem School accounts for 67.4% of all Paw Paw Cusd 271 student enrollment
That concentration — well above the 8.4% national median for largest-entity share — means Paw Paw Cusd 271-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: elementary. 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.
Paw Paw Cusd 271 chronic absenteeism rate is 15.8% — 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 Paw Paw Cusd 271 is typically wider than the Paw Paw Cusd 271-aggregate figure suggests.