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Sesser, Illinois - 3 schools
An equity score of 44/100 ranks Sesser-Valier Cusd 196 #253 of 763 districts in Illinois (state average 38). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $12,870 per pupil, Sesser-Valier Cusd 196 ranks #713 of 848 Illinois districts by per-pupil spending (Illinois districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
609
Total Enrollment
3
Schools
$12,870
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Sesser-Valier Cusd 196 operates 3 public schools serving 609 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 Franklin County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $12,870 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 26.5% local, 61.3% state, and 12.2% federal, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles. The district's equity score is 44/100, ranked #253 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 3 schools offering Advanced Placement (4 AP courses district-wide), a 327:1 student-counselor ratio, well above the ASCA benchmark though still under the roughly 408:1 national average, and 30.4% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 91.4% White, 3.5% Hispanic or Latino, 0.1% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Sesser-Valier Elem School, with a diversity index of 19.0/100.
Its largest campus is Sesser-Valier Elem School, enrolling 252 students (46% of the district's total enrollment).
Sesser-Valier Elem School accounts for 41.4% of all Sesser-Valier Cusd 196 student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Sesser-Valier Cusd 196-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.
Sesser-Valier Cusd 196 school enrollment varies 2.1× across entities
Sesser-Valier Cusd 196 school enrollment ranges from 121 students (lowest) to 252 students (highest), a spread of 131 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.
Sesser-Valier Cusd 196 student-counselor ratio is 327:1 — 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 Sesser-Valier Cusd 196 is typically wider than the Sesser-Valier Cusd 196-aggregate figure suggests.
Sesser-Valier Cusd 196 chronic absenteeism rate is 30.4% — high (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.