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Prospect Heights, Illinois - 4 schools
An equity score of 32/100 ranks Prospect Heights Sd 23 #519 of 763 districts in Illinois (state average 38). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $20,285 per pupil, Prospect Heights Sd 23 ranks #164 of 848 Illinois districts by per-pupil spending (Illinois districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
1,462
Total Enrollment
4
Schools
$20,285
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, Middle
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Prospect Heights Sd 23 operates 4 public schools serving 1,462 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Illinois. The school portfolio breaks down into 2 elementary, 1 middle, 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 Cook County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $20,285 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 68.0% local, 25.0% state, and 7.0% 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 32/100, ranked #519 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 13.6% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 63.1% White, 19.7% Hispanic or Latino, 11.9% Asian across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Dwight D Eisenhower Elem School, with a diversity index of 59.1/100.
Its largest campus is Macarthur Middle School, enrolling 483 students (33% of the district's total enrollment).
Macarthur Middle School accounts for 32.7% of all Prospect Heights Sd 23 student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Prospect Heights Sd 23-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: middle. 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.
Prospect Heights Sd 23 chronic absenteeism rate is 13.6% — low (typically associated with lower-than-average attendance disruption; districts in this range often have attendance interventions, robust transportation, or smaller catchments that reduce barriers)
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 Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.