An equity score of 48/100 ranks Ridgeland Sd 122 #139 of 763 districts in Illinois (state average 38). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $16,865 per pupil, Ridgeland Sd 122 ranks #358 of 848 Illinois districts by per-pupil spending (Illinois districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
2,337
Total Enrollment
5
Schools
$16,865
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 $16,865 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 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 48/100, ranked #139 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 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 concentration means Ridgeland Sd 122-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.
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%: on the high side (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.