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Pinckneyville, Illinois - 2 schools
An equity score of 37/100 ranks Pinckneyville Sd 50 #430 of 763 districts in Illinois (state average 38). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $13,082 per pupil, Pinckneyville Sd 50 ranks #686 of 848 Illinois districts by per-pupil spending (Illinois districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
479
Total Enrollment
2
Schools
$13,082
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, Elementary
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Pinckneyville Sd 50 operates 2 public schools serving 479 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Illinois. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 combined, 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 Perry County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $13,082 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 31.7% local, 52.4% state, and 15.9% federal, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles. The district's equity score is 37/100, ranked #430 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 17.8% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 92.0% White, 1.8% Hispanic or Latino, 1.6% Asian across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Pinckneyville Elem School, enrolling 268 students (53% of the district's total enrollment).
Pinckneyville Elem School accounts for 53.3% of all Pinckneyville Sd 50 student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Pinckneyville Sd 50 a distant remainder — means Pinckneyville Sd 50-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.
Pinckneyville Sd 50 chronic absenteeism rate is 17.8% — 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 Pinckneyville Sd 50 is typically wider than the Pinckneyville Sd 50-aggregate figure suggests.