An equity score of 33/100 ranks Queen Bee Sd 16 #497 of 763 districts in Illinois (state average 38). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $18,101 per pupil, Queen Bee Sd 16 ranks #267 of 848 Illinois districts by per-pupil spending (Illinois districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
1,685
Total Enrollment
4
Schools
$18,101
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, Combined
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Queen Bee Sd 16 operates 4 public schools serving 1,685 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 Dupage County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $18,101 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 54.5% local, 40.4% state, and 5.1% 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 33/100, ranked #497 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 40.7% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 46.4% Hispanic or Latino, 24.6% Asian, 21.0% White across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Glen Hill Elementary School, with a diversity index of 69.6/100.
Its largest campus is Glenside Middle School, enrolling 732 students (46% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Queen Bee School, at 77 students, a 10x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Glenside Middle School accounts for 43.4% of all Queen Bee Sd 16 student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Queen Bee Sd 16-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.
Queen Bee Sd 16 school enrollment varies 9.5× across entities
Queen Bee Sd 16 school enrollment ranges from 77 students (lowest) to 732 students (highest), a spread of 655 students. That spread reflects typical mixed-portfolio variation between specialty programs and large neighbourhood schools. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Queen Bee Sd 16 chronic absenteeism rate is 40.7% — 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.