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Sandoval, Illinois - 3 schools
An equity score of 37/100 ranks Sandoval Cusd 501 #432 of 763 districts in Illinois (state average 38). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $13,902 per pupil, Sandoval Cusd 501 ranks #611 of 848 Illinois districts by per-pupil spending (Illinois districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
420
Total Enrollment
3
Schools
$13,902
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Sandoval Cusd 501 operates 3 public schools serving 420 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 Marion County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $13,902 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 21.8% local, 59.5% state, and 18.7% federal, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles. The district's equity score is 37/100, ranked #432 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.
a 143:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 29.2% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 86.5% White, 3.8% Hispanic or Latino, 2.3% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Sandoval Jr High School, with a diversity index of 27.8/100.
Its largest campus is Sandoval Elem School, enrolling 221 students (52% of the district's total enrollment).
Sandoval Elem School accounts for 51.5% of all Sandoval Cusd 501 student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Sandoval Cusd 501 a distant remainder — means Sandoval Cusd 501-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.
Sandoval Cusd 501 school enrollment varies 2.6× across entities
Sandoval Cusd 501 school enrollment ranges from 84 students (lowest) to 221 students (highest), a spread of 137 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.
Sandoval Cusd 501 student-counselor ratio is 143:1 — well below typical (typically associated with unusually small scale or exceptionally high per-unit investment)
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 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.
Sandoval Cusd 501 chronic absenteeism rate is 29.2% — 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 Sandoval Cusd 501 is typically wider than the Sandoval Cusd 501-aggregate figure suggests.