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Shelbyville, Illinois - 4 schools
An equity score of 33/100 ranks Shelbyville Cusd 4 #500 of 763 districts in Illinois (state average 38). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $11,758 per pupil, Shelbyville Cusd 4 ranks #796 of 848 Illinois districts by per-pupil spending (Illinois districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
1,251
Total Enrollment
4
Schools
$11,758
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Shelbyville Cusd 4 operates 4 public schools serving 1,251 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Illinois. The school portfolio breaks down into 3 elementary, 1 high 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 Shelby County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $11,758 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, among the bottom 85 of 848 Illinois districts by per-pupil spending. See how Illinois compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 38.4% local, 51.2% state, and 10.4% 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 33/100, ranked #500 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.
a 268.9:1 student-counselor ratio, somewhat above the 250:1 ASCA recommendation, and 20.4% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 92.7% White, 2.5% Hispanic or Latino, 1.7% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Shelbyville High School, with a diversity index of 18.0/100.
Its largest campus is Moulton Elementary School, enrolling 455 students (36% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Shelbyville Kindergarten Center, at 78 students, a 6x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Moulton Elementary School accounts for 36.4% of all Shelbyville Cusd 4 student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Shelbyville Cusd 4-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: elementary. 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.
Shelbyville Cusd 4 school enrollment varies 5.8× across entities
Shelbyville Cusd 4 school enrollment ranges from 78 students (lowest) to 455 students (highest), a spread of 377 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.
Shelbyville Cusd 4 student-counselor ratio is 269:1 — 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 Shelbyville Cusd 4 is typically wider than the Shelbyville Cusd 4-aggregate figure suggests.
Shelbyville Cusd 4 chronic absenteeism rate is 20.4% — 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 Shelbyville Cusd 4 is typically wider than the Shelbyville Cusd 4-aggregate figure suggests.