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Villa Grove, Illinois - 3 schools
An equity score of 23/100 ranks Villa Grove Cusd 302 #679 of 763 districts in Illinois (state average 38). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $12,388 per pupil, Villa Grove Cusd 302 ranks #758 of 848 Illinois districts by per-pupil spending (Illinois districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
654
Total Enrollment
3
Schools
$12,388
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Villa Grove Cusd 302 operates 3 public schools serving 654 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 Douglas County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $12,388 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 44.4% local, 49.0% state, and 6.6% 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 23/100, ranked #679 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 1 of 3 schools offering Advanced Placement (3 AP courses district-wide), a 194:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 35.1% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 89.9% White, 6.2% Hispanic or Latino, 0.6% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Villa Grove Jr High School, with a diversity index of 22.8/100.
Its largest campus is Villa Grove Elem School, enrolling 310 students (52% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Villa Grove Jr High School, at 95 students, a 3x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Villa Grove Elem School accounts for 47.4% of all Villa Grove Cusd 302 student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Villa Grove Cusd 302 a distant remainder — means Villa Grove Cusd 302-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.
Villa Grove Cusd 302 school enrollment varies 3.3× across entities
Villa Grove Cusd 302 school enrollment ranges from 95 students (lowest) to 310 students (highest), a spread of 215 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.
Villa Grove Cusd 302 student-counselor ratio is 194:1 — 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.
Villa Grove Cusd 302 chronic absenteeism rate is 35.1% — 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.
Villa Grove Cusd 302 has 3 schools, including 1 combined, 1 high, 1 middle. Total enrollment is 654 students.
How much does Villa Grove Cusd 302 spend per student?
Villa Grove Cusd 302 spends $12,388 per student. The district has an equity score of 23/100, ranking #679 in Illinois.
What is the demographic composition of Villa Grove Cusd 302?
Villa Grove Cusd 302 students are 89.9% White, 6.2% Hispanic or Latino, 0.6% African American, 0.1% Asian, averaged across 3 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Villa Grove Cusd 302?
Villa Grove Cusd 302 has an equity score of 23/100, ranking #679 out of 763 districts in Illinois.