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Pekin, Illinois - 11 schools
An equity score of 39/100 ranks Pekin Psd 108 #363 of 763 districts in Illinois (state average 38). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $16,030 per pupil, Pekin Psd 108 ranks #414 of 848 Illinois districts by per-pupil spending (Illinois districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
3,165
Total Enrollment
11
Schools
$16,030
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, Middle
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Pekin Psd 108 operates 11 public schools serving 3,165 students, placing it among the smaller districts in Illinois. The school portfolio breaks down into 8 elementary, 2 middle, 1 combined schools, a compact enough portfolio that families can compare every campus directly before they move, rent, or enrol. These enrollment and school figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is based in Tazewell County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $16,030 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 45.1% local, 42.7% state, and 12.2% 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 39/100, ranked #363 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 408.1:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 38.3% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 87.0% White, 5.0% Hispanic or Latino, 1.6% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is L E Starke Elem School, with a diversity index of 31.9/100.
Its largest campus is Wilson Intermediate School, enrolling 600 students (19% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is L E Starke Elem School, at 139 students, a 4x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Wilson Intermediate School accounts for 19.0% of all Pekin Psd 108 student enrollment
That concentration means Pekin Psd 108-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.
Pekin Psd 108 school enrollment varies 4.3× across entities
Pekin Psd 108 school enrollment ranges from 139 students (lowest) to 600 students (highest), a spread of 461 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.
Pekin Psd 108 student-counselor ratio is 408:1 — 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.
Pekin Psd 108 chronic absenteeism rate is 38.3% — high (typically associated with higher-than-average disruption; recent CRDC data showed elevated rates persisting after pandemic-era schooling changes)
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 Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.