Shirland Ccsd 134 operates 1 public schools serving 105 students, placing it among the smaller districts in Illinois. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 elementary schools, giving families a clear picture of grade-band coverage before they move, rent, or enrol. Aggregated across those campuses, enrollment totals 99 pupils using the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is geographically located in Winnebago County County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $20,703 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, which aggregates every revenue and spending line reported under federal accounting standards. The funding mix is 58.3% local, 24.1% state, and 17.6% federal — a breakdown that matters because districts leaning heavily on local revenue are more exposed to property-tax swings, while higher federal shares typically track Title I concentration. Average teacher compensation clocks in at $93,861 per NCES F-33, a signal of the district's ability to recruit and retain staff against neighbouring districts.
and 31.3% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 84.8% White, 8.1% Hispanic or Latino, 1.0% Asian across the district's schools.
Shirland C C School accounts for 100.0% of all Shirland Ccsd 134 student enrollment
That concentration — well above the 8.4% national median for largest-entity share — means Shirland Ccsd 134-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.
Shirland Ccsd 134 chronic absenteeism rate is 31.3% — 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.