An equity score of 29/100 ranks Riverside Sd 96 #574 of 763 districts in Illinois (state average 38). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $16,099 per pupil, Riverside Sd 96 ranks #409 of 848 Illinois districts by per-pupil spending (Illinois districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
1,723
Total Enrollment
5
Schools
$16,099
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, Middle
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Riverside Sd 96 operates 5 public schools serving 1,723 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 $16,099 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 82.3% local, 12.9% state, and 4.8% 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 29/100, ranked #574 of 763 in Illinois against a state average of 38, notably less even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
and 12.3% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 57.9% White, 31.5% Hispanic or Latino, 2.5% Asian across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is A F Ames Elem School, with a diversity index of 62.1/100.
Its largest campus is L J Hauser Jr High School, enrolling 597 students (33% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Hollywood Elem School, at 114 students, a 5x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
L J Hauser Jr High School accounts for 33.3% of all Riverside Sd 96 student enrollment
That concentration means Riverside Sd 96-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.
Riverside Sd 96 school enrollment varies 5.2× across entities
Riverside Sd 96 school enrollment ranges from 114 students (lowest) to 597 students (highest), a spread of 483 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.
Riverside Sd 96 chronic absenteeism rate is 12.3%: on the low side (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.