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Gurnee, Illinois - 4 schools
An equity score of 42/100 ranks Woodland Ccsd 50 #289 of 763 districts in Illinois (state average 38). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $20,086 per pupil, Woodland Ccsd 50 ranks #174 of 848 Illinois districts by per-pupil spending (Illinois districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
4,695
Total Enrollment
4
Schools
$20,086
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, Middle
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Woodland Ccsd 50 operates 4 public schools serving 4,695 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 Lake County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $20,086 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 67.0% local, 26.0% state, and 7.0% 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 42/100, ranked #289 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 26.1% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 41.9% Hispanic or Latino, 31.9% White, 10.6% Asian across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Woodland Primary School, with a diversity index of 70.4/100.
Its largest campus is Woodland Middle School, enrolling 1,541 students (34% of the district's total enrollment).
Woodland Middle School accounts for 32.8% of all Woodland Ccsd 50 student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Woodland Ccsd 50-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.
Woodland Ccsd 50 school enrollment varies 2.3× across entities
Woodland Ccsd 50 school enrollment ranges from 657 students (lowest) to 1,541 students (highest), a spread of 884 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.
Woodland Ccsd 50 chronic absenteeism rate is 26.1% — 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 Woodland Ccsd 50 is typically wider than the Woodland Ccsd 50-aggregate figure suggests.