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Northbrook, Illinois - 2 schools
An equity score of 51/100 ranks West Northfield Sd 31 #93 of 763 districts in Illinois (state average 38). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $27,202 per pupil, West Northfield Sd 31 ranks #29 of 848 Illinois districts by per-pupil spending (Illinois districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
945
Total Enrollment
2
Schools
$27,202
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, Middle
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
West Northfield Sd 31 operates 2 public schools serving 945 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Illinois. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 combined, 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 Cook County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $27,202 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, among the top 85 of 848 Illinois districts by per-pupil spending. See how Illinois compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 69.9% local, 22.2% state, and 7.9% federal, a local-revenue-heavy mix that leaves the district more exposed to property-tax swings and local ballot measures than state-funded peers. The district's equity score is 51/100, ranked #93 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.
and 10.8% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 38.8% Asian, 36.5% White, 10.9% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Henry Winkelman Elem School, enrolling 677 students (67% of the district's total enrollment).
Henry Winkelman Elem School accounts for 67.0% of all West Northfield Sd 31 student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of West Northfield Sd 31 a distant remainder — means West Northfield Sd 31-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.
West Northfield Sd 31 chronic absenteeism rate is 10.8% — low (typically associated with lower-than-average attendance disruption; districts in this range often have attendance interventions, robust transportation, or smaller catchments that reduce barriers)
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 Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.