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Matteson, Illinois - 1 schools
An equity score of 51/100 ranks Rich Twp Hsd 227 #89 of 763 districts in Illinois (state average 38). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $30,936 per pupil, Rich Twp Hsd 227 ranks #14 of 848 Illinois districts by per-pupil spending (Illinois districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
2,487
Total Enrollment
1
Schools
$30,936
Per-Pupil Spending
High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Rich Twp Hsd 227 operates 1 public schools serving 2,487 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Illinois. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 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 $30,936 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 63.5% local, 30.5% state, and 6.0% 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 51/100, ranked #89 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.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 1 schools offering Advanced Placement (17 AP courses district-wide), a 202.8:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, . Demographically, the student body averages 84.9% African American, 10.8% Hispanic or Latino, 1.4% White across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Rich Township High School, enrolling 2,433 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
Rich Township High School accounts for 97.8% of all Rich Twp Hsd 227 student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Rich Twp Hsd 227 a distant remainder — means Rich Twp Hsd 227-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.
Rich Twp Hsd 227 student-counselor ratio is 203:1 — 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.