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Princeton, Illinois - 4 schools
An equity score of 26/100 ranks Princeton Esd 115 #628 of 763 districts in Illinois (state average 38). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $14,130 per pupil, Princeton Esd 115 ranks #586 of 848 Illinois districts by per-pupil spending (Illinois districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
1,068
Total Enrollment
4
Schools
$14,130
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, Combined
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Princeton Esd 115 operates 4 public schools serving 1,068 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Illinois. The school portfolio breaks down into 3 elementary, 1 combined 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 Bureau County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $14,130 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 52.0% local, 32.5% state, and 15.5% federal, a local-revenue-heavy mix that leaves the district more exposed to property-tax swings and local ballot measures than state-funded peers. The district's equity score is 26/100, ranked #628 of 763 in Illinois against a state average of 38, notably less even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
a 221.5:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 25.1% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 86.5% White, 8.2% Hispanic or Latino, 1.5% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Douglas Elementary School, with a diversity index of 32.9/100.
Its largest campus is Logan Jr High School, enrolling 443 students (41% of the district's total enrollment).
Logan Jr High School accounts for 40.6% of all Princeton Esd 115 student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Princeton Esd 115-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.
Princeton Esd 115 school enrollment varies 2.1× across entities
Princeton Esd 115 school enrollment ranges from 211 students (lowest) to 443 students (highest), a spread of 232 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.
Princeton Esd 115 student-counselor ratio is 222:1 — low (typically associated with meeting or exceeding the American School Counselor Association (ASCA) recommended 250:1 benchmark, which correlates with stronger college and career counseling capacity)
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 Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.
Princeton Esd 115 chronic absenteeism rate is 25.1% — 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 Princeton Esd 115 is typically wider than the Princeton Esd 115-aggregate figure suggests.