At $20,229 per pupil, Steward Esd 220 ranks #221 of 845 Illinois districts by per-pupil spending (Illinois districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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Total Enrollment
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$20,229
Per-Pupil Spending
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School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Steward Esd 220 operates 1 public schools serving 70 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Illinois. The school portfolio breaks down into 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 Lee County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $20,229 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the upper half of 845 Illinois districts by per-pupil spending. See how Illinois compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 64.3% local, 32.4% state, and 3.3% federal, a local-revenue-heavy mix that leaves the district more exposed to property-tax swings and local ballot measures than state-funded peers.
and 21.1% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 80.7% White, 14.0% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Steward Elementary School, enrolling 57 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
Steward Elementary School accounts for 81.4% of all Steward Esd 220 student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Steward Esd 220 a distant remainder — means Steward Esd 220-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade band: elementary. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how the district allocates programs, capital, or staff. Because it contains a majority of the affected population, enrollment-weighted aggregates will sit closer to this entity's reported fields than to those of smaller peers; an unweighted entity count answers a different question.
Steward Esd 220 chronic absenteeism rate is 21.1% — 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 Steward Esd 220 is typically wider than the Steward Esd 220-aggregate figure suggests.