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Thompsonville, Illinois - 2 schools
An equity score of 47/100 ranks Thompsonville Cusd 174 #181 of 763 districts in Illinois (state average 38). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $12,984 per pupil, Thompsonville Cusd 174 ranks #698 of 848 Illinois districts by per-pupil spending (Illinois districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
318
Total Enrollment
2
Schools
$12,984
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Thompsonville Cusd 174 operates 2 public schools serving 318 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Illinois. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 combined, 1 high 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 Franklin County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $12,984 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 28.1% local, 56.2% state, and 15.7% federal, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles. The district's equity score is 47/100, ranked #181 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 147:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 31.8% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 100.0% White across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Thompsonville Grade School, enrolling 204 students (69% of the district's total enrollment).
Thompsonville Grade School accounts for 64.2% of all Thompsonville Cusd 174 student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Thompsonville Cusd 174 a distant remainder — means Thompsonville Cusd 174-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.
Thompsonville Cusd 174 student-counselor ratio is 147:1 — well below typical (typically associated with unusually small scale or exceptionally high per-unit investment)
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 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.
Thompsonville Cusd 174 chronic absenteeism rate is 31.8% — 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.