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River Grove, Illinois - 1 schools
An equity score of 56/100 ranks Rhodes Sd 84-5 #38 of 763 districts in Illinois (state average 38). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $25,684 per pupil, Rhodes Sd 84-5 ranks #44 of 848 Illinois districts by per-pupil spending (Illinois districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Rhodes Sd 84-5 operates 1 public schools serving 521 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Illinois. The school portfolio breaks down into 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 $25,684 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, among the top 85 of 848 Illinois districts by per-pupil spending. See how Illinois compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 64.9% local, 25.2% state, and 9.9% 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 56/100, ranked #38 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.
and 28.5% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 70.5% Hispanic or Latino, 21.2% White, 5.2% African American across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Rhodes Elem School, enrolling 499 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
Rhodes Elem School accounts for 95.8% of all Rhodes Sd 84-5 student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Rhodes Sd 84-5 a distant remainder — means Rhodes Sd 84-5-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: combined. 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.
Rhodes Sd 84-5 chronic absenteeism rate is 28.5% — 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 Rhodes Sd 84-5 is typically wider than the Rhodes Sd 84-5-aggregate figure suggests.