W Harvey-Dixmoor Psd 147 operates 3 public schools serving 745 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Illinois. The school portfolio breaks down into 2 elementary, 1 combined 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.
The funding mix is 28.5% local, 56.3% state, and 15.2% federal, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles.
a 320:1 student-counselor ratio, somewhat above the 250:1 ASCA recommendation, and 42.9% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 52.1% African American, 47.2% Hispanic or Latino, 0.1% White across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Martin L King Elem School, with a diversity index of 51.1/100.
Its largest campus is Rosa L Parks Middle School, enrolling 320 students (39% of the district's total enrollment).
Rosa L Parks Middle School accounts for 39.3% of all W Harvey-Dixmoor Psd 147 student enrollment
That dominant concentration means W Harvey-Dixmoor Psd 147-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade band: elementary. 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.
W Harvey-Dixmoor Psd 147 student-counselor ratio is 320:1 — near the typical range (US average ~408) — within the typical range for U.S. public districts
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 Variation between sub-units within W Harvey-Dixmoor Psd 147 is typically wider than the W Harvey-Dixmoor Psd 147-aggregate figure suggests.
W Harvey-Dixmoor Psd 147 chronic absenteeism rate is 42.9% — well above typical (typically associated with unusually large scale or acute resource constraints)
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 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.