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Sparta, Illinois - 3 schools
An equity score of 48/100 ranks Sparta Cusd 140 #144 of 763 districts in Illinois (state average 38). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $14,539 per pupil, Sparta Cusd 140 ranks #545 of 848 Illinois districts by per-pupil spending (Illinois districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
1,175
Total Enrollment
3
Schools
$14,539
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Sparta Cusd 140 operates 3 public schools serving 1,175 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Illinois. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 combined, 1 high, 1 elementary 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 Randolph County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $14,539 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 33.2% local, 40.4% state, and 26.4% 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 48/100, ranked #144 of 763 in Illinois against a state average of 38, notably more even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
a 309:1 student-counselor ratio, somewhat above the 250:1 ASCA recommendation, and 37.2% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 81.0% White, 10.1% African American, 2.4% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Sparta Lincoln School, with a diversity index of 46.9/100.
Its largest campus is Sparta Lincoln School, enrolling 735 students (64% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Evansville Attendance Center, at 109 students, a 7x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Sparta Lincoln School accounts for 62.6% of all Sparta Cusd 140 student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Sparta Cusd 140 a distant remainder — means Sparta Cusd 140-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.
Sparta Cusd 140 school enrollment varies 6.7× across entities
Sparta Cusd 140 school enrollment ranges from 109 students (lowest) to 735 students (highest), a spread of 626 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.
Sparta Cusd 140 student-counselor ratio is 309:1 — 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 Sparta Cusd 140 is typically wider than the Sparta Cusd 140-aggregate figure suggests.
Sparta Cusd 140 chronic absenteeism rate is 37.2% — 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.