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Belleville, Illinois - 2 schools
An equity score of 29/100 ranks Whiteside Sd 115 #579 of 763 districts in Illinois (state average 38). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $12,211 per pupil, Whiteside Sd 115 ranks #769 of 848 Illinois districts by per-pupil spending (Illinois districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
1,166
Total Enrollment
2
Schools
$12,211
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, Elementary
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Whiteside Sd 115 operates 2 public schools serving 1,166 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Illinois. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 combined, 1 elementary 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 St. Clair County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $12,211 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, among the bottom 85 of 848 Illinois districts by per-pupil spending. See how Illinois compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 42.2% local, 45.6% state, and 12.2% 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 29/100, ranked #579 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.
and 37.9% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 57.0% African American, 26.4% White, 4.8% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Whiteside Elem School, enrolling 680 students (59% of the district's total enrollment).
Whiteside Elem School accounts for 58.3% of all Whiteside Sd 115 student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Whiteside Sd 115 a distant remainder — means Whiteside Sd 115-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.
Whiteside Sd 115 chronic absenteeism rate is 37.9% — 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.