An equity score of 43/100 ranks Summit Hill Sd 161 #272 of 763 districts in Illinois (state average 38). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $17,768 per pupil, Summit Hill Sd 161 ranks #295 of 848 Illinois districts by per-pupil spending (Illinois districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
2,499
Total Enrollment
6
Schools
$17,768
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, Combined
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Summit Hill Sd 161 operates 6 public schools serving 2,499 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Illinois. The school portfolio breaks down into 4 elementary, 1 combined, 1 middle 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 $17,768 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the upper half of 848 Illinois districts by per-pupil spending. See how Illinois compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 69.8% local, 26.0% state, and 4.1% federal, a local-revenue-heavy mix that leaves the district more exposed to property-tax swings and local ballot measures than state-funded peers. The district's equity score is 43/100, ranked #272 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.
a 560:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 19.4% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 68.5% White, 13.9% Hispanic or Latino, 10.2% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Indian Trail Elem School, with a diversity index of 54.3/100.
Its largest campus is Dr Julian Rogus School, enrolling 653 students (25% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Arbury Hills Elem School, at 164 students, a 4x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Dr Julian Rogus School accounts for 25.3% of all Summit Hill Sd 161 student enrollment
That concentration means Summit Hill Sd 161-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.
Summit Hill Sd 161 school enrollment varies 4.0× across entities
Summit Hill Sd 161 school enrollment ranges from 164 students (lowest) to 653 students (highest), a spread of 489 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.
Summit Hill Sd 161 student-counselor ratio is 560:1: well above typical (strongly associated with staffing constraints that limit per-student counselor time; CRDC data shows higher ratios cluster in larger urban systems)
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 the benchmark warrant a closer look at the underlying sub-units rather than treating the aggregate as representative.
Summit Hill Sd 161 chronic absenteeism rate is 19.4%: slightly below the ~28 national average, 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 Sitting just under the national figure still leaves meaningful room for sub-unit variation that the aggregate number hides. Variation between sub-units within Summit Hill Sd 161 is typically wider than the Summit Hill Sd 161-aggregate figure suggests.