An equity score of 50/100 ranks Wood Dale Sd 7 #105 of 759 districts in Illinois (state average 38). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $23,021 per pupil, Wood Dale Sd 7 ranks #129 of 845 Illinois districts by per-pupil spending (Illinois districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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Total Enrollment
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School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Wood Dale Sd 7 operates 4 public schools serving 896 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Illinois. The school portfolio breaks down into 2 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 Dupage County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $23,021 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the upper half of 845 Illinois districts by per-pupil spending. See how Illinois compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 65.3% local, 27.5% state, and 7.1% 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 50/100, ranked #105 of 759 in Illinois against a state average of 38, notably more even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
a 277:1 student-counselor ratio, somewhat above the 250:1 ASCA recommendation, and 32.7% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 51.8% Hispanic or Latino, 36.0% White, 5.8% Asian across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Early Childhood Education Center, with a diversity index of 62.8/100.
Its largest campus is Wood Dale Jr High School, enrolling 277 students (31% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Early Childhood Education Center, at 85 students, a 3x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Wood Dale Jr High School accounts for 30.9% of all Wood Dale Sd 7 student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Wood Dale Sd 7-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade band: middle. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how the district allocates programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.
Wood Dale Sd 7 school enrollment varies 3.3× across entities
Wood Dale Sd 7 school enrollment ranges from 85 students (lowest) to 277 students (highest), a spread of 192 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.
Wood Dale Sd 7 student-counselor ratio is 277:1 — near the typical range (US average ~408) — within the typical range for U.S. public districts
student-counselor ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE counselors against total enrollment, districts that contract intervention or social-emotional staff outside the counselor classification may be under-counted Variation between sub-units within Wood Dale Sd 7 is typically wider than the Wood Dale Sd 7-aggregate figure suggests.
Wood Dale Sd 7 chronic absenteeism rate is 32.7% — high (typically associated with higher-than-average disruption; recent CRDC data showed elevated rates persisting after pandemic-era schooling changes)
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 Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.