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Rock Island, Illinois - 13 schools
An equity score of 35/100 ranks Rock Island Sd 41 #455 of 763 districts in Illinois (state average 38). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $16,041 per pupil, Rock Island Sd 41 ranks #413 of 848 Illinois districts by per-pupil spending (Illinois districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
6,204
Total Enrollment
13
Schools
$16,041
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, Middle
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Rock Island Sd 41 operates 13 public schools serving 6,204 students, placing it among the smaller districts in Illinois. The school portfolio breaks down into 8 combined, 2 middle, 2 elementary, 1 high schools, a compact enough portfolio that families can compare every campus directly before they move, rent, or enrol. These enrollment and school figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is based in Rock Island County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $16,041 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 37.9% local, 40.5% state, and 21.6% 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 35/100, ranked #455 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.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 13 schools offering Advanced Placement (10 AP courses district-wide), a 371.3:1 student-counselor ratio, well above the ASCA benchmark though still under the roughly 408:1 national average, and 23.4% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 34.4% African American, 33.7% White, 14.5% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Denkmann Elem School, with a diversity index of 74.2/100.
Its largest campus is Rock Island High School, enrolling 1,812 students (29% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Earl H Hanson Elem School, at 201 students, a 9x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Rock Island High School accounts for 28.8% of all Rock Island Sd 41 student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Rock Island Sd 41-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 Island Sd 41 school enrollment varies 9.0× across entities
Rock Island Sd 41 school enrollment ranges from 201 students (lowest) to 1,812 students (highest), a spread of 1,611 students. That spread reflects typical mixed-portfolio variation between specialty programs and large neighbourhood schools. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Rock Island Sd 41 student-counselor ratio is 371:1 — high (typically associated with staffing constraints that limit per-student counselor time; CRDC data shows higher ratios cluster in larger urban systems)
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 Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.
Rock Island Sd 41 chronic absenteeism rate is 23.4% — near the typical range (US average ~28) — aligned with the national post-pandemic baseline of roughly 28% chronic absenteeism
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 Variation between sub-units within Rock Island Sd 41 is typically wider than the Rock Island Sd 41-aggregate figure suggests.
Rock Island Sd 41 has 13 schools, including 1 high, 8 combined, 2 middle, 2 elementary. Total enrollment is 6,204 students.
How much does Rock Island Sd 41 spend per student?
Rock Island Sd 41 spends $16,041 per student. The district has an equity score of 35/100, ranking #455 in Illinois.
What is the demographic composition of Rock Island Sd 41?
Rock Island Sd 41 students are 34.4% African American, 33.7% White, 14.5% Hispanic or Latino, 7.2% Asian, averaged across 13 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Rock Island Sd 41?
Rock Island Sd 41 has an equity score of 35/100, ranking #455 out of 763 districts in Illinois.