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Winfield, Illinois - 2 schools
An equity score of 44/100 ranks Winfield Sd 34 #260 of 763 districts in Illinois (state average 38). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $21,086 per pupil, Winfield Sd 34 ranks #140 of 848 Illinois districts by per-pupil spending (Illinois districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
306
Total Enrollment
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$21,086
Per-Pupil Spending
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Winfield Sd 34 operates 2 public schools serving 306 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Illinois. The school portfolio breaks down into 2 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 Dupage County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $21,086 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the upper half of 848 Illinois districts by per-pupil spending. See how Illinois compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 75.4% local, 21.5% state, and 3.1% 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 #260 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 25.9% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 58.2% White, 24.1% Hispanic or Latino, 5.3% African American across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Winfield Central School, enrolling 189 students (61% of the district's total enrollment).
Winfield Central School accounts for 60.8% of all Winfield Sd 34 student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Winfield Sd 34 a distant remainder — means Winfield Sd 34-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: elementary. 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.
Winfield Sd 34 chronic absenteeism rate is 25.9% — 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 Winfield Sd 34 is typically wider than the Winfield Sd 34-aggregate figure suggests.