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Colfax, Illinois - 3 schools
An equity score of 33/100 ranks Ridgeview Cusd 19 #507 of 763 districts in Illinois (state average 38). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $15,709 per pupil, Ridgeview Cusd 19 ranks #443 of 848 Illinois districts by per-pupil spending (Illinois districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
532
Total Enrollment
3
Schools
$15,709
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Ridgeview Cusd 19 operates 3 public schools serving 532 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Illinois. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 combined, 1 high, 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 Mclean County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $15,709 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the lower half of 848 Illinois districts by per-pupil spending. See how Illinois compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 68.2% local, 22.9% state, and 8.9% 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 33/100, ranked #507 of 763 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 12.1% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 86.7% White, 5.6% Hispanic or Latino, 0.3% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Ridgeview Jr High School, with a diversity index of 28.0/100.
Its largest campus is Ridgeview Elementary School, enrolling 247 students (48% of the district's total enrollment).
Ridgeview Elementary School accounts for 46.4% of all Ridgeview Cusd 19 student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Ridgeview Cusd 19 a distant remainder — means Ridgeview Cusd 19-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.
Ridgeview Cusd 19 school enrollment varies 2.3× across entities
Ridgeview Cusd 19 school enrollment ranges from 107 students (lowest) to 247 students (highest), a spread of 140 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.
Ridgeview Cusd 19 chronic absenteeism rate is 12.1% — low (typically associated with lower-than-average attendance disruption; districts in this range often have attendance interventions, robust transportation, or smaller catchments that reduce barriers)
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 Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.