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Bluffs, Illinois - 3 schools
At $18,543 per pupil, Scott-Morgan Cusd 2 ranks #242 of 848 Illinois districts by per-pupil spending (Illinois districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
187
Total Enrollment
3
Schools
$18,543
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Scott-Morgan Cusd 2 operates 3 public schools serving 187 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 Scott County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $18,543 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 43.8% local, 43.1% state, and 13.1% federal, a balanced mix across local, state, and federal sources, spreading budget risk across funding cycles rather than concentrating it in one.
a 112.7:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 44.0% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 97.3% White across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Bluffs Elementary School, with a diversity index of 11.6/100.
Its largest campus is Bluffs Elementary School, enrolling 81 students (48% of the district's total enrollment).
Bluffs Elementary School accounts for 43.3% of all Scott-Morgan Cusd 2 student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Scott-Morgan Cusd 2-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade band: combined. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how the district allocates programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.
Scott-Morgan Cusd 2 school enrollment varies 2.2× across entities
Scott-Morgan Cusd 2 school enrollment ranges from 37 students (lowest) to 81 students (highest), a spread of 44 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.
Scott-Morgan Cusd 2 student-counselor ratio is 113:1 — 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.
Scott-Morgan Cusd 2 chronic absenteeism rate is 44.0% — well above typical (typically associated with unusually large scale or acute resource constraints)
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 Values this far above typical often signal acute resource constraints or a structurally different scale than most peers — worth reading alongside the underlying counts, not the ratio alone.