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Sherrard, Illinois - 5 schools
An equity score of 30/100 ranks Sherrard Cusd 200 #553 of 763 districts in Illinois (state average 38). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $14,053 per pupil, Sherrard Cusd 200 ranks #595 of 848 Illinois districts by per-pupil spending (Illinois districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
1,371
Total Enrollment
5
Schools
$14,053
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Sherrard Cusd 200 operates 5 public schools serving 1,371 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Illinois. The school portfolio breaks down into 2 elementary, 1 high, 1 combined, 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 Mercer County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $14,053 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 45.2% local, 45.8% state, and 9.0% 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 30/100, ranked #553 of 763 in Illinois against a state average of 38, notably less even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 5 schools offering Advanced Placement (9 AP courses district-wide), a 407.1:1 student-counselor ratio, well above the ASCA benchmark though still under the roughly 408:1 national average, and 36.0% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 89.2% White, 6.2% Hispanic or Latino, 0.5% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Sherrard High School, with a diversity index of 24.2/100.
Its largest campus is Sherrard High School, enrolling 449 students (34% of the district's total enrollment).
Sherrard High School accounts for 32.7% of all Sherrard Cusd 200 student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Sherrard Cusd 200-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.
Sherrard Cusd 200 school enrollment varies 2.5× across entities
Sherrard Cusd 200 school enrollment ranges from 182 students (lowest) to 449 students (highest), a spread of 267 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.
Sherrard Cusd 200 student-counselor ratio is 407:1 — high (typically 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 Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.
Sherrard Cusd 200 chronic absenteeism rate is 36.0% — 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.