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Forest Park, Illinois - 3 schools
An equity score of 23/100 ranks Proviso Twp Hsd 209 #672 of 763 districts in Illinois (state average 38). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $17,178 per pupil, Proviso Twp Hsd 209 ranks #337 of 848 Illinois districts by per-pupil spending (Illinois districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
4,425
Total Enrollment
3
Schools
$17,178
Per-Pupil Spending
High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Proviso Twp Hsd 209 operates 3 public schools serving 4,425 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Illinois. The school portfolio breaks down into 3 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 Cook County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $17,178 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 64.6% local, 26.3% state, and 9.1% 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 23/100, ranked #672 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.
Academic infrastructure includes 3 of 3 schools offering Advanced Placement (46 AP courses district-wide), a 224.3:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 16.1% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 60.1% Hispanic or Latino, 32.6% African American, 4.8% White across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Proviso West High School, with a diversity index of 52.8/100.
Its largest campus is Proviso West High School, enrolling 1,870 students (42% of the district's total enrollment).
Proviso West High School accounts for 41.9% of all Proviso Twp Hsd 209 student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Proviso Twp Hsd 209-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: high. 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.
Proviso Twp Hsd 209 school enrollment varies 2.0× across entities
Proviso Twp Hsd 209 school enrollment ranges from 925 students (lowest) to 1,870 students (highest), a spread of 945 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.
Proviso Twp Hsd 209 student-counselor ratio is 224:1 — 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.
Proviso Twp Hsd 209 chronic absenteeism rate is 16.1% — 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 Proviso Twp Hsd 209 is typically wider than the Proviso Twp Hsd 209-aggregate figure suggests.