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Lansing, Illinois - 2 schools
An equity score of 38/100 ranks Thornton Fractional Twp Hsd 215 #386 of 763 districts in Illinois (state average 38). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $18,628 per pupil, Thornton Fractional Twp Hsd 215 ranks #233 of 848 Illinois districts by per-pupil spending (Illinois districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
3,310
Total Enrollment
2
Schools
$18,628
Per-Pupil Spending
High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Thornton Fractional Twp Hsd 215 operates 2 public schools serving 3,310 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Illinois. The school portfolio breaks down into 2 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 Cook County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $18,628 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 43.3% local, 45.1% state, and 11.5% 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 38/100, ranked #386 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.
Academic infrastructure includes 2 of 2 schools offering Advanced Placement (23 AP courses district-wide), a 299.1:1 student-counselor ratio, somewhat above the 250:1 ASCA recommendation, and 31.5% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 65.3% African American, 30.4% Hispanic or Latino, 3.3% White across the district's schools.
Thornton Fractnl So High School accounts for 54.5% of all Thornton Fractional Twp Hsd 215 student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Thornton Fractional Twp Hsd 215 a distant remainder — means Thornton Fractional Twp Hsd 215-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: high. 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.
Thornton Fractional Twp Hsd 215 student-counselor ratio is 299:1 — near the typical range (US average ~408) — within the typical range for U.S. public districts
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 Variation between sub-units within Thornton Fractional Twp Hsd 215 is typically wider than the Thornton Fractional Twp Hsd 215-aggregate figure suggests.
Thornton Fractional Twp Hsd 215 chronic absenteeism rate is 31.5% — 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.
Comparisons are relative to Thornton Fractional Twp Hsd 215's own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data and the F-33 Finance Survey.
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