An equity score of 31/100 ranks Township Hsd 211 #529 of 763 districts in Illinois (state average 38). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $25,265 per pupil, Township Hsd 211 ranks #49 of 848 Illinois districts by per-pupil spending (Illinois districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
12,270
Total Enrollment
5
Schools
$25,265
Per-Pupil Spending
High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Township Hsd 211 operates 5 public schools serving 12,270 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Illinois. The school portfolio breaks down into 5 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 $25,265 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 72.5% local, 23.5% state, and 4.0% 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 31/100, ranked #529 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 5 of 5 schools offering Advanced Placement (155 AP courses district-wide), a 249.6:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 18.2% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 38.5% White, 29.8% Hispanic or Latino, 21.4% Asian across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Hoffman Estates High School, with a diversity index of 73.4/100.
Its largest campus is Wm Fremd High School, enrolling 2,689 students (22% of the district's total enrollment).
Wm Fremd High School accounts for 21.6% of all Township Hsd 211 student enrollment
That concentration means Township Hsd 211-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.
Township Hsd 211 student-counselor ratio is 250:1: on the low side (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.
Township Hsd 211 chronic absenteeism rate is 18.2%: slightly below the ~28 national average, aligned with the national post-pandemic baseline of roughly 28% chronic absenteeism
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 Sitting just under the national figure still leaves meaningful room for sub-unit variation that the aggregate number hides. Variation between sub-units within Township Hsd 211 is typically wider than the Township Hsd 211-aggregate figure suggests.