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Steeleville, Illinois - 2 schools
An equity score of 27/100 ranks Steeleville Cusd 138 #618 of 763 districts in Illinois (state average 38). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $12,807 per pupil, Steeleville Cusd 138 ranks #720 of 848 Illinois districts by per-pupil spending (Illinois districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
403
Total Enrollment
2
Schools
$12,807
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Steeleville Cusd 138 operates 2 public schools serving 403 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Illinois. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 combined, 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 Randolph County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $12,807 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 40.0% local, 50.3% state, and 9.8% 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 27/100, ranked #618 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.
a 744.6:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 17.3% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 89.1% White, 4.8% Hispanic or Latino, 2.0% African American across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Steeleville Elem School, enrolling 323 students (69% of the district's total enrollment).
Steeleville Elem School accounts for 68.6% of all Steeleville Cusd 138 student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Steeleville Cusd 138 a distant remainder — means Steeleville Cusd 138-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.
Steeleville Cusd 138 student-counselor ratio is 745:1 — well above typical (typically associated with unusually large scale or acute resource constraints)
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 Values this far above typical often signal acute resource constraints or a structurally different scale than most peers — worth reading alongside the underlying counts, not the ratio alone.
Steeleville Cusd 138 chronic absenteeism rate is 17.3% — 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 Steeleville Cusd 138 is typically wider than the Steeleville Cusd 138-aggregate figure suggests.