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Northfield, Illinois - 2 schools
An equity score of 50/100 ranks Sunset Ridge Sd 29 #106 of 763 districts in Illinois (state average 38). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $33,358 per pupil, Sunset Ridge Sd 29 ranks #11 of 848 Illinois districts by per-pupil spending (Illinois districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
490
Total Enrollment
2
Schools
$33,358
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Sunset Ridge Sd 29 operates 2 public schools serving 490 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Illinois. The school portfolio breaks down into 2 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 Cook County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $33,358 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, among the top 85 of 848 Illinois districts by per-pupil spending. See how Illinois compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 77.2% local, 19.7% state, and 3.0% 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 50/100, ranked #106 of 763 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.
a 241:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 5.6% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 78.9% White, 8.2% Asian, 5.7% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Sunset Ridge Elem School, enrolling 274 students (53% of the district's total enrollment).
Sunset Ridge Elem School accounts for 53.2% of all Sunset Ridge Sd 29 student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Sunset Ridge Sd 29 a distant remainder — means Sunset Ridge Sd 29-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.
Sunset Ridge Sd 29 student-counselor ratio is 241:1 — low (typically associated with meeting or exceeding the American School Counselor Association (ASCA) recommended 250:1 benchmark, which correlates with stronger college and career counseling capacity)
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 Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.
Sunset Ridge Sd 29 chronic absenteeism rate is 5.6% — well below typical (typically associated with unusually small scale or exceptionally high per-unit investment)
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 below typical often correlate with unusually small scale or population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se — worth checking whether the underlying denominator is itself an outlier.