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Pleasant Hill, Illinois - 2 schools
An equity score of 48/100 ranks Pleasant Hill Cusd 3 #153 of 763 districts in Illinois (state average 38). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $14,242 per pupil, Pleasant Hill Cusd 3 ranks #572 of 848 Illinois districts by per-pupil spending (Illinois districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
376
Total Enrollment
2
Schools
$14,242
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Pleasant Hill Cusd 3 operates 2 public schools serving 376 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Illinois. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 combined, 1 high 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 Pike County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $14,242 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 43.3% local, 36.2% state, and 20.5% 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 48/100, ranked #153 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.
a 99:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 33.6% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 95.0% White, 2.2% Hispanic or Latino, 1.7% African American across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Pleasant Hill Elem School, enrolling 254 students (72% of the district's total enrollment).
Pleasant Hill Elem School accounts for 67.6% of all Pleasant Hill Cusd 3 student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Pleasant Hill Cusd 3 a distant remainder — means Pleasant Hill Cusd 3-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.
Pleasant Hill Cusd 3 student-counselor ratio is 99:1 — 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.
Pleasant Hill Cusd 3 chronic absenteeism rate is 33.6% — 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.
Pleasant Hill Cusd 3 has 2 schools, including 1 combined, 1 high. Total enrollment is 376 students.
How much does Pleasant Hill Cusd 3 spend per student?
Pleasant Hill Cusd 3 spends $14,242 per student. The district has an equity score of 48/100, ranking #153 in Illinois.
What is the demographic composition of Pleasant Hill Cusd 3?
Pleasant Hill Cusd 3 students are 95.0% White, 2.2% Hispanic or Latino, 1.7% African American, averaged across 2 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Pleasant Hill Cusd 3?
Pleasant Hill Cusd 3 has an equity score of 48/100, ranking #153 out of 763 districts in Illinois.