An equity score of 35/100 ranks Trico Cusd 176 #463 of 763 districts in Illinois (state average 38). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $14,740 per pupil, Trico Cusd 176 ranks #528 of 848 Illinois districts by per-pupil spending (Illinois districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
864
Total Enrollment
3
Schools
$14,740
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Trico Cusd 176 operates 3 public schools serving 864 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Illinois. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 combined, 1 high, 1 middle 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 Jackson County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $14,740 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 48.0% local, 38.2% state, and 13.8% 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 35/100, ranked #463 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.
a 220:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 27.6% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 81.6% White, 16.4% Hispanic or Latino, 0.5% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Trico Elementary School, with a diversity index of 34.5/100.
Its largest campus is Trico Elementary School, enrolling 477 students (54% of the district's total enrollment).
Trico Elementary School accounts for 54.3% of all Trico Cusd 176 student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Trico Cusd 176 a distant remainder — means Trico Cusd 176-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.
Trico Cusd 176 school enrollment varies 2.6× across entities
Trico Cusd 176 school enrollment ranges from 182 students (lowest) to 477 students (highest), a spread of 295 students. That relatively narrow ratio reflects an unusually homogeneous campus portfolio, most districts have a wider mix of school sizes. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Trico Cusd 176 student-counselor ratio is 220:1 — low (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.
Trico Cusd 176 chronic absenteeism rate is 27.6% — near the typical range (US average ~28) — 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 Variation between sub-units within Trico Cusd 176 is typically wider than the Trico Cusd 176-aggregate figure suggests.