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Sandwich, Illinois - 6 schools
An equity score of 29/100 ranks Sandwich Cusd 430 #576 of 763 districts in Illinois (state average 38). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $14,103 per pupil, Sandwich Cusd 430 ranks #590 of 848 Illinois districts by per-pupil spending (Illinois districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
1,895
Total Enrollment
6
Schools
$14,103
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Sandwich Cusd 430 operates 6 public schools serving 1,895 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Illinois. The school portfolio breaks down into 3 combined, 1 high, 1 middle, 1 elementary 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 Dekalb County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $14,103 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 59.3% local, 30.5% state, and 10.2% 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 #576 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.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 6 schools offering Advanced Placement (8 AP courses district-wide), a 350:1 student-counselor ratio, well above the ASCA benchmark though still under the roughly 408:1 national average, and 15.4% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 75.0% White, 21.2% Hispanic or Latino, 0.6% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is W W Woodbury Elem School, with a diversity index of 44.0/100.
Its largest campus is Sandwich Community High School, enrolling 560 students (30% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is W W Woodbury Elem School, at 170 students, a 3x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Sandwich Community High School accounts for 29.6% of all Sandwich Cusd 430 student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Sandwich Cusd 430-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.
Sandwich Cusd 430 school enrollment varies 3.3× across entities
Sandwich Cusd 430 school enrollment ranges from 170 students (lowest) to 560 students (highest), a spread of 390 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.
Sandwich Cusd 430 student-counselor ratio is 350:1 — 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 Sandwich Cusd 430 is typically wider than the Sandwich Cusd 430-aggregate figure suggests.
Sandwich Cusd 430 chronic absenteeism rate is 15.4% — 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 Sandwich Cusd 430 is typically wider than the Sandwich Cusd 430-aggregate figure suggests.