At $14,527 per pupil, Willow Grove Sd 46 ranks #638 of 845 Illinois districts by per-pupil spending (Illinois districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
146
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$14,527
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Willow Grove Sd 46 operates 1 public schools serving 146 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Illinois. The school portfolio breaks down into 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 Clinton County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $14,527 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the lower half of 845 Illinois districts by per-pupil spending. See how Illinois compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 24.7% local, 45.0% state, and 30.3% federal, a balanced mix across local, state, and federal sources, spreading budget risk across funding cycles rather than concentrating it in one.
and 46.5% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 76.4% White, 9.4% Hispanic or Latino, 2.4% African American across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Willow Grove Elem School, enrolling 127 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
Willow Grove Elem School accounts for 87.0% of all Willow Grove Sd 46 student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Willow Grove Sd 46 a distant remainder — means Willow Grove Sd 46-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade band: combined. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how the district allocates programs, capital, or staff. Because it contains a majority of the affected population, enrollment-weighted aggregates will sit closer to this entity's reported fields than to those of smaller peers; an unweighted entity count answers a different question.
Willow Grove Sd 46 chronic absenteeism rate is 46.5% — 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.
Willow Grove Sd 46 has 1 school, including 1 combined. Total enrollment is 146 students.
How much does Willow Grove Sd 46 spend per student?
Willow Grove Sd 46 spends $14,527 per student.
What is the demographic composition of Willow Grove Sd 46?
Willow Grove Sd 46 students are 76.4% White, 9.4% Hispanic or Latino, 2.4% African American, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.