An equity score of 27/100 ranks Township Hsd 214 #602 of 763 districts in Illinois (state average 38). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $25,712 per pupil, Township Hsd 214 ranks #42 of 848 Illinois districts by per-pupil spending (Illinois districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
12,052
Total Enrollment
6
Schools
$25,712
Per-Pupil Spending
High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Township Hsd 214 operates 6 public schools serving 12,052 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Illinois. The school portfolio breaks down into 6 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 $25,712 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 74.8% local, 21.3% state, and 3.9% 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 27/100, ranked #602 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.
Academic infrastructure includes 6 of 6 schools offering Advanced Placement (186 AP courses district-wide), a 239:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 26.0% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 49.6% White, 35.5% Hispanic or Latino, 8.8% Asian across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Rolling Meadows High School, with a diversity index of 62.3/100.
Its largest campus is Prospect High School, enrolling 2,245 students (19% of the district's total enrollment).
Prospect High School accounts for 18.6% of all Township Hsd 214 student enrollment
That concentration means Township Hsd 214-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 214 student-counselor ratio is 239:1: 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 214 chronic absenteeism rate is 26.0%: 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 214 is typically wider than the Township Hsd 214-aggregate figure suggests.