An equity score of 45/100 ranks Vandalia Cusd 203 #220 of 759 districts in Illinois (state average 38). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $15,272 per pupil, Vandalia Cusd 203 ranks #572 of 845 Illinois districts by per-pupil spending (Illinois districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
1,461
Total Enrollment
3
Schools
$15,272
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, Elementary
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Vandalia Cusd 203 operates 3 public schools serving 1,461 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Illinois. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 combined, 1 elementary, 1 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 Fayette County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $15,272 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the lower half of 845 Illinois districts by per-pupil spending. See how Illinois compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 33.8% local, 49.9% state, and 16.3% 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 45/100, ranked #220 of 759 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 1 of 3 schools offering Advanced Placement (3 AP courses district-wide), a 626.7:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 23.0% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 91.2% White, 2.3% Hispanic or Latino, 0.2% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Vandalia Elementary School, with a diversity index of 17.2/100.
Its largest campus is Vandalia Elementary School, enrolling 552 students (38% of the district's total enrollment).
Vandalia Elementary School accounts for 37.7% of all Vandalia Cusd 203 student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Vandalia Cusd 203-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade band: combined. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how the district allocates programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.
Vandalia Cusd 203 student-counselor ratio is 627:1 — well above typical (typically associated with unusually large scale or acute resource constraints)
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 Values this far above typical often signal acute resource constraints or a structurally different scale than most peers — worth reading alongside the underlying counts, not the ratio alone.
Vandalia Cusd 203 chronic absenteeism rate is 23.0% — 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 Vandalia Cusd 203 is typically wider than the Vandalia Cusd 203-aggregate figure suggests.