An equity score of 60/100 ranks Rantoul City Sd 137 #17 of 763 districts in Illinois (state average 38). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $18,718 per pupil, Rantoul City Sd 137 ranks #225 of 848 Illinois districts by per-pupil spending (Illinois districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
1,676
Total Enrollment
5
Schools
$18,718
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, Middle
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Rantoul City Sd 137 operates 5 public schools serving 1,676 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Illinois. The school portfolio breaks down into 3 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 Champaign County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $18,718 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 23.1% local, 59.1% state, and 17.7% federal, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles. The district's equity score is 60/100, ranked #17 of 763 in Illinois against a state average of 38, notably more even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
a 477:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 56.5% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 35.3% Hispanic or Latino, 27.8% African American, 22.4% White across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Northview Elem School, with a diversity index of 74.6/100.
Its largest campus is J W Eater Jr High School, enrolling 477 students (32% of the district's total enrollment).
J W Eater Jr High School accounts for 28.5% of all Rantoul City Sd 137 student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Rantoul City Sd 137-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.
Rantoul City Sd 137 school enrollment varies 2.2× across entities
Rantoul City Sd 137 school enrollment ranges from 218 students (lowest) to 477 students (highest), a spread of 259 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.
Rantoul City Sd 137 student-counselor ratio is 477:1 — high (typically associated with staffing constraints that limit per-student counselor time; CRDC data shows higher ratios cluster in larger urban systems)
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 Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.
Rantoul City Sd 137 chronic absenteeism rate is 56.5% — well above typical (typically associated with unusually large scale or acute resource constraints)
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 Values this far above typical often signal acute resource constraints or a structurally different scale than most peers — worth reading alongside the underlying counts, not the ratio alone.