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Wilmette, Illinois - 6 schools
An equity score of 44/100 ranks Wilmette Sd 39 #238 of 763 districts in Illinois (state average 38). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $23,544 per pupil, Wilmette Sd 39 ranks #82 of 848 Illinois districts by per-pupil spending (Illinois districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
3,333
Total Enrollment
6
Schools
$23,544
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, Middle
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Wilmette Sd 39 operates 6 public schools serving 3,333 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Illinois. The school portfolio breaks down into 4 elementary, 1 middle, 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.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $23,544 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 73.7% local, 24.4% state, and 1.9% 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 44/100, ranked #238 of 763 in Illinois against a state average of 38, in line with the typical spread seen across the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
and 8.2% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 73.6% White, 7.3% Asian, 6.9% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Romona Elem School, with a diversity index of 63.4/100.
Its largest campus is Wilmette Junior High School, enrolling 766 students (23% of the district's total enrollment).
Wilmette Junior High School accounts for 23.0% of all Wilmette Sd 39 student enrollment
That concentration means Wilmette Sd 39-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: middle. 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.
Wilmette Sd 39 school enrollment varies 2.1× across entities
Wilmette Sd 39 school enrollment ranges from 366 students (lowest) to 766 students (highest), a spread of 400 students. That relatively narrow ratio reflects an unusually homogeneous campus portfolio, most districts have a wider mix of school sizes. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Wilmette Sd 39 chronic absenteeism rate is 8.2% — well below typical (typically associated with unusually small scale or exceptionally high per-unit investment)
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 below typical often correlate with unusually small scale or population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se — worth checking whether the underlying denominator is itself an outlier.