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Scales Mound, Illinois - 3 schools
An equity score of 51/100 ranks Scales Mound Cusd 211 #94 of 763 districts in Illinois (state average 38). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $23,030 per pupil, Scales Mound Cusd 211 ranks #87 of 848 Illinois districts by per-pupil spending (Illinois districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
257
Total Enrollment
3
Schools
$23,030
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Scales Mound Cusd 211 operates 3 public schools serving 257 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 Jo Daviess County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $23,030 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 68.4% local, 25.3% state, and 6.3% 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 51/100, ranked #94 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 3 schools offering Advanced Placement (2 AP courses district-wide), a 42.8:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 15.5% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 91.3% White, 3.7% Hispanic or Latino, 0.5% Asian across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Scales Mound High School, with a diversity index of 19.2/100.
Its largest campus is Scales Mound Elem School, enrolling 138 students (54% of the district's total enrollment).
Scales Mound Elem School accounts for 53.7% of all Scales Mound Cusd 211 student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Scales Mound Cusd 211 a distant remainder — means Scales Mound Cusd 211-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.
Scales Mound Cusd 211 school enrollment varies 2.7× across entities
Scales Mound Cusd 211 school enrollment ranges from 52 students (lowest) to 138 students (highest), a spread of 86 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.
Scales Mound Cusd 211 student-counselor ratio is 43:1 — 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.
Scales Mound Cusd 211 chronic absenteeism rate is 15.5% — 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 Scales Mound Cusd 211 is typically wider than the Scales Mound Cusd 211-aggregate figure suggests.