An equity score of 32/100 ranks Prophetstown-Lyndon-Tampico Cusd3 #520 of 759 districts in Illinois (state average 38). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $13,741 per pupil, Prophetstown-Lyndon-Tampico Cusd3 ranks #714 of 845 Illinois districts by per-pupil spending (Illinois districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
791
Total Enrollment
4
Schools
$13,741
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Prophetstown-Lyndon-Tampico Cusd3 operates 4 public schools serving 791 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Illinois. The school portfolio breaks down into 2 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 Whiteside County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $13,741 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the lower half of 845 Illinois districts by per-pupil spending. See how Illinois compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 49.4% local, 40.4% state, and 10.2% 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 32/100, ranked #520 of 759 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 204.4:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 22.7% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 87.9% White, 4.7% Hispanic or Latino, 1.0% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Tampico Elem School, with a diversity index of 27.4/100.
Its largest campus is Prophetstown Elem School, enrolling 229 students (31% of the district's total enrollment).
Prophetstown Elem School accounts for 29.0% of all Prophetstown-Lyndon-Tampico Cusd3 student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Prophetstown-Lyndon-Tampico Cusd3-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade band: combined. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how the district allocates programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.
Prophetstown-Lyndon-Tampico Cusd3 student-counselor ratio is 204:1 — 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.
Prophetstown-Lyndon-Tampico Cusd3 chronic absenteeism rate is 22.7% — 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 Prophetstown-Lyndon-Tampico Cusd3 is typically wider than the Prophetstown-Lyndon-Tampico Cusd3-aggregate figure suggests.
Comparisons are relative to Prophetstown-Lyndon-Tampico Cusd3's own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data and the F-33 Finance Survey.
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