An equity score of 44/100 ranks Ridgeland Sd 122 #239 of 759 districts in Illinois (state average 38). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $17,422 per pupil, Ridgeland Sd 122 ranks #396 of 845 Illinois districts by per-pupil spending (Illinois districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
2,337
Total Enrollment
5
Schools
$17,422
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, Middle
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Ridgeland Sd 122 operates 5 public schools serving 2,337 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Illinois. The school portfolio breaks down into 4 combined, 1 middle 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 $17,422 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the upper half of 845 Illinois districts by per-pupil spending. See how Illinois compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 49.1% local, 37.6% state, and 13.3% federal, a balanced mix across local, state, and federal sources, spreading budget risk across funding cycles rather than concentrating it in one. The district's equity score is 44/100, ranked #239 of 759 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 31.6% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 48.7% White, 38.5% Hispanic or Latino, 4.9% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Ernest F Kolb Elem School, with a diversity index of 61.7/100.
Its largest campus is Simmons Middle School, enrolling 725 students (30% of the district's total enrollment).
Simmons Middle School accounts for 30.3% of all Ridgeland Sd 122 student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Ridgeland Sd 122-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade band: middle. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how the district allocates programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.
Ridgeland Sd 122 school enrollment varies 2.0× across entities
Ridgeland Sd 122 school enrollment ranges from 359 students (lowest) to 725 students (highest), a spread of 366 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.
Ridgeland Sd 122 chronic absenteeism rate is 31.6% — 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.