An equity score of 38/100 ranks Sd U-46 #383 of 763 districts in Illinois (state average 38). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $17,947 per pupil, Sd U-46 ranks #281 of 848 Illinois districts by per-pupil spending (Illinois districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
35,082
Total Enrollment
54
Schools
$17,947
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, Elementary
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Sd U-46 operates 54 public schools serving 35,082 students, placing it among the larger districts in Illinois. The school portfolio breaks down into 24 combined, 17 elementary, 8 middle, 5 high schools, giving families a clear picture of grade-band coverage across a sizeable portfolio before they move, rent, or enrol. These enrollment and school figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is based in Kane County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $17,947 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 43.9% local, 48.7% state, and 7.5% federal, a balanced mix across local, state, and federal sources, spreading budget risk across funding cycles rather than concentrating it in one. The district's equity score is 38/100, ranked #383 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 5 of 54 schools offering Advanced Placement (90 AP courses district-wide), a 474.5:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 33.2% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 59.3% Hispanic or Latino, 22.0% White, 8.2% Asian across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Horizon Elem School, with a diversity index of 73.8/100.
Its largest campus is South Elgin High School, enrolling 2,665 students (8% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Illinois Park Elem School, at 3 students, a 888x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Sd U-46 school enrollment varies 888× across entities
Sd U-46 school enrollment ranges from 3 students (lowest) to 2,665 students (highest), a spread of 2,662 students. That ratio is extreme even by the standards of already-wide distributions, and reflects extreme enrollment heterogeneity, the district operates both small specialty programs and large comprehensive campuses inside a single budgeting unit. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Sd U-46 student-counselor ratio is 475:1: well above typical (strongly associated with staffing constraints that limit per-student counselor time; CRDC data shows higher ratios cluster in larger urban systems)
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 above the benchmark warrant a closer look at the underlying sub-units rather than treating the aggregate as representative.
Sd U-46 chronic absenteeism rate is 33.2%: on the high side (typically associated with higher-than-average disruption; recent CRDC data showed elevated rates persisting after pandemic-era schooling changes)
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 Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.