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Rock Falls, Illinois - 1 schools
An equity score of 47/100 ranks Rock Falls Twp Hsd 301 #174 of 763 districts in Illinois (state average 38). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $18,530 per pupil, Rock Falls Twp Hsd 301 ranks #244 of 848 Illinois districts by per-pupil spending (Illinois districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
566
Total Enrollment
1
Schools
$18,530
Per-Pupil Spending
High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Rock Falls Twp Hsd 301 operates 1 public schools serving 566 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Illinois. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 high 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 Whiteside County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $18,530 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 52.2% local, 40.8% state, and 7.0% 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 47/100, ranked #174 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.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 1 schools offering Advanced Placement (3 AP courses district-wide), a 265:1 student-counselor ratio, somewhat above the 250:1 ASCA recommendation, and 13.0% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 73.8% White, 18.5% Hispanic or Latino, 1.7% African American across the district's schools.
Rock Falls Township High School accounts for 93.6% of all Rock Falls Twp Hsd 301 student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Rock Falls Twp Hsd 301 a distant remainder — means Rock Falls Twp Hsd 301-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: high. 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.
Rock Falls Twp Hsd 301 student-counselor ratio is 265:1 — near the typical range (US average ~408) — within the typical range for U.S. public districts
student-counselor ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE counselors against total enrollment, districts that contract intervention or social-emotional staff outside the counselor classification may be under-counted Variation between sub-units within Rock Falls Twp Hsd 301 is typically wider than the Rock Falls Twp Hsd 301-aggregate figure suggests.
Rock Falls Twp Hsd 301 chronic absenteeism rate is 13.0% — 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.