Skokie SD 69

Public school district · Cook County · Illinois · NCES district ID 1736480

Skokie SD 69 spent $21,968 per student on current operations in fiscal year 2022-23, more than 76% of the other Illinois districts with at least 1,000 students in fall 2022 (median $18,127). Its 3 schools enrolled 1,842 students in 2024-25; 28.0% of its revenue came from the state. Census Bureau figures for 2023-24 put it at $24,100 per student, up 9.7% on the year before (U.S. $17,619 that year).

NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23 · Census Bureau school finances 2023-24 · NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 · method

Spending per student among Illinois districts of similar size

Current spending per student excludes construction and debt. The 9 districts closest to Skokie SD 69 in enrollment (1,745 to 1,842 students) and Skokie SD 69 itself.

Current spending per student, Illinois districts closest in size to Skokie SD 69, FY23Northbrook SD 28 $30,560; Grant Community High School District 124 $22,195; Skokie SD 69 $21,968; Oak Lawn Community High School District 229 $20,901; Evergreen Park Elementary School District 124 $18,637; Ottawa Elementary $18,290; Harrisburg CUSD 3 $17,670; Pekin Community High School District #303 $15,862; United Twp HSD 30 $14,657; Olympia CUSD 16 $12,107; State median, 1,000+ students $18,127.10k20k30k40kNorthbrook SD 28$30,560Grant Community High School Di…$22,195Skokie SD 69$21,968Oak Lawn Community High School…$20,901Evergreen Park Elementary Scho…$18,637Ottawa Elementary$18,290Harrisburg CUSD 3$17,670Pekin Community High School Di…$15,862United Twp HSD 30$14,657Olympia CUSD 16$12,107State median, 1,000+ students $18,127
Current spending per student, Illinois districts closest in size to Skokie SD 69, FY23Northbrook SD 28 $30,560; Grant Community High School District 124 $22,195; Skokie SD 69 $21,968; Oak Lawn Community High School District 229 $20,901; Evergreen Park Elementary School District 124 $18,637; Ottawa Elementary $18,290; Harrisburg CUSD 3 $17,670; Pekin Community High School District #303 $15,862; United Twp HSD 30 $14,657; Olympia CUSD 16 $12,107; State median, 1,000+ students $18,127.10k20k30k40kNorthbrook SD 28$30,560Grant Community High School Distric…$22,195Skokie SD 69$21,968Oak Lawn Community High School Dist…$20,901Evergreen Park Elementary School Di…$18,637Ottawa Elementary$18,290Harrisburg CUSD 3$17,670Pekin Community High School Distric…$15,862United Twp HSD 30$14,657Olympia CUSD 16$12,107State median, 1,000+ students $18,127
Current spending per student, Illinois districts closest in size to Skokie SD 69, FY23Northbrook SD 28 $30,560; Grant Community High School District 124 $22,195; Skokie SD 69 $21,968; Oak Lawn Community High School District 229 $20,901; Evergreen Park Elementary School District 124 $18,637; Ottawa Elementary $18,290; Harrisburg CUSD 3 $17,670; Pekin Community High School District #303 $15,862; United Twp HSD 30 $14,657; Olympia CUSD 16 $12,107; State median, 1,000+ students $18,127.10k20k30k40kNorthbrook SD 28$30,560Grant Community High School District 124$22,195Skokie SD 69$21,968Oak Lawn Community High School District 229$20,901Evergreen Park Elementary School District 1…$18,637Ottawa Elementary$18,290Harrisburg CUSD 3$17,670Pekin Community High School District #303$15,862United Twp HSD 30$14,657Olympia CUSD 16$12,107State median, 1,000+ students $18,127
Current spending per student, Illinois districts closest in size to Skokie SD 69, FY23Northbrook SD 28 $30,560; Grant Community High School District 124 $22,195; Skokie SD 69 $21,968; Oak Lawn Community High School District 229 $20,901; Evergreen Park Elementary School District 124 $18,637; Ottawa Elementary $18,290; Harrisburg CUSD 3 $17,670; Pekin Community High School District #303 $15,862; United Twp HSD 30 $14,657; Olympia CUSD 16 $12,107; State median, 1,000+ students $18,127.10k20k30k40kNorthbrook SD 28$30,560Grant Community High School District 124$22,195Skokie SD 69$21,968Oak Lawn Community High School District…$20,901Evergreen Park Elementary School Distri…$18,637Ottawa Elementary$18,290Harrisburg CUSD 3$17,670Pekin Community High School District #3…$15,862United Twp HSD 30$14,657Olympia CUSD 16$12,107State median, 1,000+ students $18,127

Where the money came from

$48,935,000 in revenue: 28.0% state, 63.0% local and 9.0% federal. Total spending including $1,400,000 of capital outlay was $45,256,000, or $25,184 per student; the figure above leaves capital out.

Skokie SD 69 revenue by source, fiscal year 2022-23State $13,681,000; Local $30,837,000; Federal $4,417,000; total $48,935,000.
  • State$13,681,000 28%
  • Local$30,837,000 63%
  • Federal$4,417,000 9%

Source: NCES F-33 school district finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23: current expenditures for elementary and secondary education divided by fall membership; the state median covers 377 districts with at least 1,000 students in fall 2022. Revenue by source (TOTALREV, TFEDREV, TSTREV, TLOCREV).

Enrollment rose from 2022-23 to 2024-25

1,797 students in 2022-23, 1,816 students in 2023-24, 1,842 students in 2024-25, counted across the schools that reported each year.

Skokie SD 69 enrollment by school year2022-23: 1,797, 2023-24: 1,816, 2024-25: 1,84205001k1.5k2k2022-231,7972023-241,8162024-251,842
Skokie SD 69 enrollment by school year2022-23: 1,797, 2023-24: 1,816, 2024-25: 1,84205001k1.5k2k2022-231,7972023-241,8162024-251,842
Skokie SD 69 enrollment by school year2022-23: 1,797, 2023-24: 1,816, 2024-25: 1,84205001k1.5k2k2022-231,7972023-241,8162024-251,842
Skokie SD 69 enrollment by school year2022-23: 1,797, 2023-24: 1,816, 2024-25: 1,84205001k1.5k2k2022-231,7972023-241,8162024-251,842

Teachers and students per teacher

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Per teacher
2022-231,797139.012.9
2023-241,816141.912.8
2024-251,842152.412.1

Source: NCES Common Core of Data membership and staff files, 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25; sums over the schools reporting each year.

State test results, 2021-22

In 2021-22, the students tested in Skokie SD 69 scored proficient or above: 23% in reading, against 29.9% in reading across Illinois. Each state writes its own test and sets its own proficiency bar, so compare these within Illinois, not across states.

Students proficient or above, 2021-22
SubjectThis districtIllinoisStudents tested
Reading and language arts23%29.9%1,015

Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts state assessment results 2021-22, all students, from ED Data Express (the Data Rescue Project archive; ED has no 2022-23 result for this district): ED shows district results as ranges (for example 20-24%) to protect small groups.

2 elementary schools, 1,214 students

SchoolStudentsPer teacherFree lunchTitle I, 2021‑22
Madison Elementary School60911.6All free (CEP)Schoolwide program
Thomas Edison Elementary School60513.2All free (CEP)Schoolwide program

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25; Title I status CCD 2021-22, the last year NCES published it. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count; not reported: the school sent NCES no meal count.

1 middle school, 628 students

SchoolStudentsPer teacherFree lunchTitle I, 2021‑22
Lincoln Jr High School62811.7All free (CEP)Schoolwide program

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25; Title I status CCD 2021-22, the last year NCES published it. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count; not reported: the school sent NCES no meal count.

Contact Skokie SD 69

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, local education agency directory 2024-25. Enrollment, boundaries and school assignment are the district's to confirm.

What to look at next about Skokie SD 69

  1. Illinois districts by spending per studentSkokie SD 69 ranks 91 of 377 Illinois districts with at least 1,000 students in fall 2022 on current spending per student in fiscal year 2022-23 ($21,968).#91 of 377
  2. Every school district in IllinoisSkokie SD 69 is the number 223 by size of 865 Illinois districts, with 1,797 students in fall 2022 (F-33).#223 of 865
  3. Oak Lawn Community High School District 229The next larger Illinois district: 1,834 students in fall 2022, $20,901 per student in fiscal year 2022-23.$20,901
  4. Pekin Community High School District #303The next smaller Illinois district: 1,796 students in fall 2022, $15,862 per student in fiscal year 2022-23.$15,862
  5. Compare Skokie SD 69 with Oak Lawn Community High School District 229Enrollment, spending, revenue sources and schools, side by side.
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Source: NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23 (spending per student and fall 2022 membership; ranks among the state's districts that reported them); NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (schools).

Questions about Skokie SD 69

  1. How many schools and students are in Skokie SD 69?
    3 schools were open in 2024-25 (2 elementary, 1 middle), enrolling 1,842 students, according to the NCES Common Core of Data.
  2. How much does Skokie SD 69 spend per student?
    $21,968 per student on current operations in fiscal year 2022-23 (NCES F-33), which leaves out construction and debt; the Illinois median for districts with at least 1,000 students in fall 2022 is $18,127 and the U.S. figure is $16,260. Census Bureau figures for 2023-24 put it at $24,100 per student, up 9.7% on the year before (U.S. $17,619 that year).
  3. Where does Skokie SD 69's money come from?
    $48,935,000 in revenue in fiscal year 2022-23: 28.0% state, 63.0% local and 9.0% federal (NCES F-33).
  4. How many children in Skokie SD 69 live in poverty?
    The Census Bureau estimates that 335 of the 1,820 children aged 5 to 17 living within the district's boundaries in 2024, 18.4%, were in families in poverty (Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates). It is a model-based estimate for everyone living in the district, not a count of its students; the free-meal shares in the school tables are counts of enrolled students.
  5. How do students in Skokie SD 69 do on state tests?
    In 2021-22, the students tested in Skokie SD 69 scored proficient or above: 23% in reading, against 29.9% in reading across Illinois. Illinois's own test sets what proficient means, so results compare within the state, not across states. Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts state assessment results, 2021-22.
  6. What is Skokie SD 69's NCES district ID?
    1736480. Each of its schools' 12-digit NCES IDs begins with these seven digits.

Reading these figures: how to choose a school district, what Title I means and what an absenteeism rate means. They are for information and are not a substitute for the school's or district's own records.

Sources

Every federal file behind this record
  • NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25: directory, membership, staff and lunch files. nces.ed.gov
  • NCES Common Core of Data, 2021-22 school characteristics: Title I status. nces.ed.gov
  • Civil Rights Data Collection, 2021-22: AP courses, gifted programs, counselors, discipline. civilrightsdata.ed.gov
  • EDFacts, 2022-23: chronic absenteeism. ed.gov
  • EDFacts state assessment results, 2021-22: reading and math proficiency for the district and its state (ED Data Express). eddataexpress.ed.gov
  • U.S. Census Bureau, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, 2024: children aged 5 to 17 and those in families in poverty, by school district. census.gov
  • U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances, fiscal year 2023-24: per pupil current spending for 2023-24 and 2022-23. census.gov
  • NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, fiscal year 2022-23: district spending and revenue. nces.ed.gov
  • U.S. Census Bureau geocoder and TIGER school districts: the district boundary used by the district finder. census.gov

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances Per pupil current spending by school system · FY 2023-24

Source: NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey Revenue and expenditures by district · FY 2022-23

Source: NCES Common Core of Data School directory, membership, staff and lunch files · 2024-25

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