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Steger, Illinois - 3 schools
An equity score of 37/100 ranks Steger Sd 194 #419 of 763 districts in Illinois (state average 38). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $15,271 per pupil, Steger Sd 194 ranks #481 of 848 Illinois districts by per-pupil spending (Illinois districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
1,415
Total Enrollment
3
Schools
$15,271
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, Combined
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Steger Sd 194 operates 3 public schools serving 1,415 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Illinois. The school portfolio breaks down into 2 elementary, 1 combined 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 Will County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $15,271 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 38.0% local, 49.8% state, and 12.2% 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 37/100, ranked #419 of 763 in Illinois against a state average of 38, in line with the typical spread seen across the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
and 45.0% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 42.1% Hispanic or Latino, 31.7% African American, 16.3% White across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Steger Primary Center, with a diversity index of 70.9/100.
Its largest campus is Columbia Central School, enrolling 646 students (43% of the district's total enrollment).
Columbia Central School accounts for 42.9% of all Steger Sd 194 student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Steger Sd 194-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.
Steger Sd 194 chronic absenteeism rate is 45.0% — well above typical (typically associated with unusually large scale or acute resource constraints)
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 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.