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Wilmington, Illinois - 4 schools
An equity score of 17/100 ranks Wilmington Cusd 209u #730 of 763 districts in Illinois (state average 38). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $12,001 per pupil, Wilmington Cusd 209u ranks #778 of 848 Illinois districts by per-pupil spending (Illinois districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
1,298
Total Enrollment
4
Schools
$12,001
Per-Pupil Spending
High, Elementary
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Wilmington Cusd 209u operates 4 public schools serving 1,298 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Illinois. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 high, 1 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 Will County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $12,001 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 60.7% local, 20.4% state, and 18.9% 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 17/100, ranked #730 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.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 4 schools offering Advanced Placement (3 AP courses district-wide), and 16.1% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 83.8% White, 11.3% Hispanic or Latino, 1.1% Asian across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Wilmington High School, with a diversity index of 32.6/100.
Its largest campus is Wilmington High School, enrolling 432 students (34% of the district's total enrollment).
Wilmington High School accounts for 33.3% of all Wilmington Cusd 209u student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Wilmington Cusd 209u-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.
Wilmington Cusd 209u chronic absenteeism rate is 16.1% — near the typical range (US average ~28) — aligned with the national post-pandemic baseline of roughly 28% chronic absenteeism
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 Variation between sub-units within Wilmington Cusd 209u is typically wider than the Wilmington Cusd 209u-aggregate figure suggests.