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Rushville, Illinois - 4 schools
An equity score of 38/100 ranks Schuyler-Industry Cusd 5 #395 of 763 districts in Illinois (state average 38). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $13,917 per pupil, Schuyler-Industry Cusd 5 ranks #610 of 848 Illinois districts by per-pupil spending (Illinois districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
937
Total Enrollment
4
Schools
$13,917
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Schuyler-Industry Cusd 5 operates 4 public schools serving 937 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Illinois. The school portfolio breaks down into 2 elementary, 1 high, 1 combined 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 Schuyler County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $13,917 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 61.1% local, 32.1% state, and 6.8% 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 38/100, ranked #395 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 4 schools offering Advanced Placement (1 AP courses district-wide), a 197:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 25.1% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 89.5% White, 3.7% African American, 3.5% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Schuyler Industry Middle School, with a diversity index of 23.2/100.
Rushville-Industry High School accounts for 31.5% of all Schuyler-Industry Cusd 5 student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Schuyler-Industry Cusd 5-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.
Schuyler-Industry Cusd 5 school enrollment varies 2.6× across entities
Schuyler-Industry Cusd 5 school enrollment ranges from 113 students (lowest) to 295 students (highest), a spread of 182 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.
Schuyler-Industry Cusd 5 student-counselor ratio is 197:1 — low (typically associated with meeting or exceeding the American School Counselor Association (ASCA) recommended 250:1 benchmark, which correlates with stronger college and career counseling capacity)
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 Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.
Schuyler-Industry Cusd 5 chronic absenteeism rate is 25.1% — 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 Schuyler-Industry Cusd 5 is typically wider than the Schuyler-Industry Cusd 5-aggregate figure suggests.