An equity score of 66/100 ranks Summit Sd 104 #5 of 759 districts in Illinois (state average 38). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $26,862 per pupil, Summit Sd 104 ranks #51 of 845 Illinois districts by per-pupil spending (Illinois districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
1,459
Total Enrollment
5
Schools
$26,862
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, Combined
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Summit Sd 104 operates 5 public schools serving 1,459 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Illinois. The school portfolio breaks down into 3 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 Cook County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $26,862 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, among the top 85 of 845 Illinois districts by per-pupil spending. See how Illinois compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 42.7% local, 45.9% state, and 11.4% 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 66/100, ranked #5 of 759 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.
and 34.4% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 81.9% Hispanic or Latino, 7.0% African American, 6.5% White across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is W W Walker Elem School, with a diversity index of 43.6/100.
Its largest campus is Otis P Graves Elem School, enrolling 562 students (39% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Dr Donald Wharton Elem School, at 114 students, a 5x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Otis P Graves Elem School accounts for 38.5% of all Summit Sd 104 student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Summit Sd 104-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade band: combined. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how the district allocates programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.
Summit Sd 104 school enrollment varies 4.9× across entities
Summit Sd 104 school enrollment ranges from 114 students (lowest) to 562 students (highest), a spread of 448 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 Sd 104 chronic absenteeism rate is 34.4% — 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.