An equity score of 55/100 ranks Waukegan Cusd 60 #38 of 763 districts in Illinois (state average 38). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $20,269 per pupil, Waukegan Cusd 60 ranks #165 of 848 Illinois districts by per-pupil spending (Illinois districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
13,679
Total Enrollment
22
Schools
$20,269
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, Combined
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Waukegan Cusd 60 operates 22 public schools serving 13,679 students, placing it in the mid-size range in Illinois. The school portfolio breaks down into 10 elementary, 6 combined, 5 middle, 1 high schools, giving families a clear picture of grade-band coverage before they move, rent, or enrol. These enrollment and school figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is based in Lake County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $20,269 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the upper half of 848 Illinois districts by per-pupil spending. See how Illinois compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 24.4% local, 63.4% state, and 12.2% federal, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles. The district's equity score is 55/100, ranked #38 of 763 in Illinois against a state average of 38, notably more even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 22 schools offering Advanced Placement (18 AP courses district-wide), a 307.7:1 student-counselor ratio, somewhat above the 250:1 ASCA recommendation, and 35.8% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 80.4% Hispanic or Latino, 11.4% African American, 3.0% White across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is John S Clark Elem School, with a diversity index of 51.9/100.
Its largest campus is Waukegan High School, enrolling 4,186 students (31% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Early Learning Center, at 221 students, a 19x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Waukegan High School accounts for 30.6% of all Waukegan Cusd 60 student enrollment
That concentration means Waukegan Cusd 60-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.
Waukegan Cusd 60 school enrollment varies 19× across entities
Waukegan Cusd 60 school enrollment ranges from 221 students (lowest) to 4,186 students (highest), a spread of 3,965 students. That spread sits on the wider side of typical variation and reflects typical mixed-portfolio variation between specialty programs and large neighbourhood schools. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Waukegan Cusd 60 student-counselor ratio is 308:1: slightly below the ~408 national average, 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 Sitting just under the national figure still leaves meaningful room for sub-unit variation that the aggregate number hides. Variation between sub-units within Waukegan Cusd 60 is typically wider than the Waukegan Cusd 60-aggregate figure suggests.
Waukegan Cusd 60 chronic absenteeism rate is 35.8%: on the high side (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.