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Pearl City, Illinois - 3 schools
An equity score of 49/100 ranks Pearl City Cusd 200 #126 of 763 districts in Illinois (state average 38). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $15,176 per pupil, Pearl City Cusd 200 ranks #489 of 848 Illinois districts by per-pupil spending (Illinois districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
424
Total Enrollment
3
Schools
$15,176
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Pearl City Cusd 200 operates 3 public schools serving 424 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Illinois. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 combined, 1 high, 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 Stephenson County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $15,176 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 43.0% local, 43.0% state, and 14.0% 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 49/100, ranked #126 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.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 3 schools offering Advanced Placement (1 AP courses district-wide), a 139.3:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 13.5% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 84.8% White, 9.3% Hispanic or Latino, 1.4% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Pearl City Elementary School, with a diversity index of 34.1/100.
Its largest campus is Pearl City Elementary School, enrolling 213 students (51% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Pearl City Jr High School, at 58 students, a 4x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Pearl City Elementary School accounts for 50.2% of all Pearl City Cusd 200 student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Pearl City Cusd 200 a distant remainder — means Pearl City Cusd 200-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.
Pearl City Cusd 200 school enrollment varies 3.7× across entities
Pearl City Cusd 200 school enrollment ranges from 58 students (lowest) to 213 students (highest), a spread of 155 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.
Pearl City Cusd 200 student-counselor ratio is 139:1 — 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.
Pearl City Cusd 200 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.
Pearl City Cusd 200 has 3 schools, including 1 combined, 1 high, 1 middle. Total enrollment is 424 students.
How much does Pearl City Cusd 200 spend per student?
Pearl City Cusd 200 spends $15,176 per student. The district has an equity score of 49/100, ranking #126 in Illinois.
What is the demographic composition of Pearl City Cusd 200?
Pearl City Cusd 200 students are 84.8% White, 9.3% Hispanic or Latino, 1.4% African American, averaged across 3 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Pearl City Cusd 200?
Pearl City Cusd 200 has an equity score of 49/100, ranking #126 out of 763 districts in Illinois.