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Thornton, Illinois - 1 schools
An equity score of 26/100 ranks Thornton Sd 154 #637 of 763 districts in Illinois (state average 38). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $13,140 per pupil, Thornton Sd 154 ranks #680 of 848 Illinois districts by per-pupil spending (Illinois districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Thornton Sd 154 operates 1 public schools serving 255 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Illinois. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 combined 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 $13,140 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 72.1% local, 18.8% state, and 9.1% 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 26/100, ranked #637 of 763 in Illinois against a state average of 38, notably less even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
and 39.0% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 45.8% Hispanic or Latino, 30.9% African American, 16.9% White across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Wolcott School, enrolling 249 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
Wolcott School accounts for 97.6% of all Thornton Sd 154 student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Thornton Sd 154 a distant remainder — means Thornton Sd 154-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.
Thornton Sd 154 chronic absenteeism rate is 39.0% — 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.