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Winthrop Harbor, Illinois - 2 schools
An equity score of 30/100 ranks Winthrop Harbor Sd 1 #560 of 763 districts in Illinois (state average 38). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $15,284 per pupil, Winthrop Harbor Sd 1 ranks #478 of 848 Illinois districts by per-pupil spending (Illinois districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Winthrop Harbor Sd 1 operates 2 public schools serving 588 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 Lake County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $15,284 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the lower half of 848 Illinois districts by per-pupil spending. See how Illinois compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 57.9% local, 36.3% state, and 5.8% 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 30/100, ranked #560 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 27.5% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 47.3% White, 34.9% Hispanic or Latino, 8.3% African American across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Westfield School, enrolling 346 students (59% of the district's total enrollment).
Westfield School accounts for 58.8% of all Winthrop Harbor Sd 1 student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Winthrop Harbor Sd 1 a distant remainder — means Winthrop Harbor Sd 1-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.
Winthrop Harbor Sd 1 chronic absenteeism rate is 27.5% — 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 Winthrop Harbor Sd 1 is typically wider than the Winthrop Harbor Sd 1-aggregate figure suggests.