An equity score of 43/100 ranks River Forest Sd 90 #276 of 763 districts in Illinois (state average 38). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $22,275 per pupil, River Forest Sd 90 ranks #107 of 848 Illinois districts by per-pupil spending (Illinois districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
1,378
Total Enrollment
3
Schools
$22,275
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, Combined
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
River Forest Sd 90 operates 3 public schools serving 1,378 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Illinois. The school portfolio breaks down into 2 elementary, 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 $22,275 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 71.3% local, 25.0% state, and 3.7% 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 43/100, ranked #276 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 9.2% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 66.0% White, 11.5% Hispanic or Latino, 5.3% Asian across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Roosevelt School, with a diversity index of 55.7/100.
Its largest campus is Roosevelt School, enrolling 625 students (47% of the district's total enrollment).
Roosevelt School accounts for 45.4% of all River Forest Sd 90 student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of River Forest Sd 90 a distant remainder — means River Forest Sd 90-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: elementary. 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.
River Forest Sd 90 chronic absenteeism rate is 9.2% — well below typical (typically associated with unusually small scale or exceptionally high per-unit investment)
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 Values this far below typical often correlate with unusually small scale or population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se — worth checking whether the underlying denominator is itself an outlier.