Woodland School District 50

Listed by NCES as Woodland CCSD 50 (district ID 1743110)

Public school district · Lake County · Illinois · NCES district ID 1743110

Woodland School District 50 spent $21,130 per student on current operations in fiscal year 2022-23, more than 72% of the other Illinois districts with at least 1,000 students in fall 2022 (median $18,127). Its 4 schools enrolled 4,563 students in 2024-25; 26.9% of its revenue came from the state. Census Bureau figures for 2023-24 put it at $23,456 per student, up 11.0% on the year before (U.S. $17,619 that year).

NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23 · Census Bureau school finances 2023-24 · NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 · method

Spending per student among Illinois districts of similar size

Current spending per student excludes construction and debt. The 9 districts closest to Woodland School District 50 in enrollment (4,642 to 4,784 students) and Woodland School District 50 itself.

Current spending per student, Illinois districts closest in size to Woodland School District 50, FY23Niles Township High Schools District 219 $35,441; Thornton Township High School District 205 $28,504; East Saint Louis School District 189 $27,439; Chsd 99 $26,343; Park Ridge-Niles School District 64 $22,454; Danville School District 118 $21,893; Woodland School District 50 $21,130; Kankakee SD 111 $18,743; Dunlap CUSD 323 $12,919; Ball Chatham CUSD 5 $11,231; State median, 1,000+ students $18,127.10k20k30k40kNiles Township High Schools Di…$35,441Thornton Township High School …$28,504East Saint Louis School Distri…$27,439Chsd 99$26,343Park Ridge-Niles School Distri…$22,454Danville School District 118$21,893Woodland School District 50$21,130Kankakee SD 111$18,743Dunlap CUSD 323$12,919Ball Chatham CUSD 5$11,231State median, 1,000+ students $18,127
Current spending per student, Illinois districts closest in size to Woodland School District 50, FY23Niles Township High Schools District 219 $35,441; Thornton Township High School District 205 $28,504; East Saint Louis School District 189 $27,439; Chsd 99 $26,343; Park Ridge-Niles School District 64 $22,454; Danville School District 118 $21,893; Woodland School District 50 $21,130; Kankakee SD 111 $18,743; Dunlap CUSD 323 $12,919; Ball Chatham CUSD 5 $11,231; State median, 1,000+ students $18,127.10k20k30k40kNiles Township High Schools Distric…$35,441Thornton Township High School Distr…$28,504East Saint Louis School District 189$27,439Chsd 99$26,343Park Ridge-Niles School District 64$22,454Danville School District 118$21,893Woodland School District 50$21,130Kankakee SD 111$18,743Dunlap CUSD 323$12,919Ball Chatham CUSD 5$11,231State median, 1,000+ students $18,127
Current spending per student, Illinois districts closest in size to Woodland School District 50, FY23Niles Township High Schools District 219 $35,441; Thornton Township High School District 205 $28,504; East Saint Louis School District 189 $27,439; Chsd 99 $26,343; Park Ridge-Niles School District 64 $22,454; Danville School District 118 $21,893; Woodland School District 50 $21,130; Kankakee SD 111 $18,743; Dunlap CUSD 323 $12,919; Ball Chatham CUSD 5 $11,231; State median, 1,000+ students $18,127.10k20k30k40kNiles Township High Schools District 219$35,441Thornton Township High School District 205$28,504East Saint Louis School District 189$27,439Chsd 99$26,343Park Ridge-Niles School District 64$22,454Danville School District 118$21,893Woodland School District 50$21,130Kankakee SD 111$18,743Dunlap CUSD 323$12,919Ball Chatham CUSD 5$11,231State median, 1,000+ students $18,127
Current spending per student, Illinois districts closest in size to Woodland School District 50, FY23Niles Township High Schools District 219 $35,441; Thornton Township High School District 205 $28,504; East Saint Louis School District 189 $27,439; Chsd 99 $26,343; Park Ridge-Niles School District 64 $22,454; Danville School District 118 $21,893; Woodland School District 50 $21,130; Kankakee SD 111 $18,743; Dunlap CUSD 323 $12,919; Ball Chatham CUSD 5 $11,231; State median, 1,000+ students $18,127.10k20k30k40kNiles Township High Schools District 219$35,441Thornton Township High School District…$28,504East Saint Louis School District 189$27,439Chsd 99$26,343Park Ridge-Niles School District 64$22,454Danville School District 118$21,893Woodland School District 50$21,130Kankakee SD 111$18,743Dunlap CUSD 323$12,919Ball Chatham CUSD 5$11,231State median, 1,000+ students $18,127

Where the money came from

$118,844,000 in revenue: 26.9% state, 68.4% local and 4.6% federal. Total spending including $8,754,000 of capital outlay was $113,329,000, or $24,138 per student; the figure above leaves capital out.

Woodland School District 50 revenue by source, fiscal year 2022-23State $32,013,000; Local $81,337,000; Federal $5,494,000; total $118,844,000.
  • State$32,013,000 27%
  • Local$81,337,000 68%
  • Federal$5,494,000 5%

Source: NCES F-33 school district finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23: current expenditures for elementary and secondary education divided by fall membership; the state median covers 377 districts with at least 1,000 students in fall 2022. Revenue by source (TOTALREV, TFEDREV, TSTREV, TLOCREV).

Enrollment fell from 2022-23 to 2024-25

4,695 students in 2022-23, 4,549 students in 2023-24, 4,563 students in 2024-25, counted across the schools that reported each year.

Woodland School District 50 enrollment by school year2022-23: 4,695, 2023-24: 4,549, 2024-25: 4,56302k4k6k2022-234,6952023-244,5492024-254,563
Woodland School District 50 enrollment by school year2022-23: 4,695, 2023-24: 4,549, 2024-25: 4,56302k4k6k2022-234,6952023-244,5492024-254,563
Woodland School District 50 enrollment by school year2022-23: 4,695, 2023-24: 4,549, 2024-25: 4,56302k4k6k2022-234,6952023-244,5492024-254,563
Woodland School District 50 enrollment by school year2022-23: 4,695, 2023-24: 4,549, 2024-25: 4,56302k4k6k2022-234,6952023-244,5492024-254,563

Teachers and students per teacher

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Per teacher
2022-234,695373.512.6
2023-244,549380.512.0
2024-254,563371.512.3

Source: NCES Common Core of Data membership and staff files, 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25; sums over the schools reporting each year.

State test results, 2021-22

In 2021-22, the students tested in Woodland School District 50 scored proficient or above: 29% in reading, against 29.9% in reading across Illinois. Each state writes its own test and sets its own proficiency bar, so compare these within Illinois, not across states.

Students proficient or above, 2021-22
SubjectThis districtIllinoisStudents tested
Reading and language arts29%29.9%3,217

Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts state assessment results 2021-22, all students, from ED Data Express (the Data Rescue Project archive; ED has no 2022-23 result for this district): ED shows district results as ranges (for example 20-24%) to protect small groups.

3 elementary schools, 3,022 students

SchoolStudentsPer teacherFree lunchTitle I, 2021‑22
Woodland Elementary1,38612.2not reportedEligible, no program
Woodland Intermediate School97912.0not reportedEligible, no program
Woodland Primary School65715.3not reportedTargeted program

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25; Title I status CCD 2021-22, the last year NCES published it. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count; not reported: the school sent NCES no meal count.

1 middle school, 1,541 students

SchoolStudentsPer teacherFree lunchTitle I, 2021‑22
Woodland Middle School1,54111.6not reportedEligible, no program

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25; Title I status CCD 2021-22, the last year NCES published it. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count; not reported: the school sent NCES no meal count.

Contact Woodland School District 50

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, local education agency directory 2024-25. Enrollment, boundaries and school assignment are the district's to confirm.

What to look at next about Woodland School District 50

  1. Illinois districts by spending per studentWoodland School District 50 ranks 105 of 377 Illinois districts with at least 1,000 students in fall 2022 on current spending per student in fiscal year 2022-23 ($21,130).#105 of 377
  2. Every school district in IllinoisWoodland School District 50 is the number 71 by size of 865 Illinois districts, with 4,695 students in fall 2022 (F-33).#71 of 865
  3. Dunlap CUSD 323The next larger Illinois district: 4,736 students in fall 2022, $12,919 per student in fiscal year 2022-23.$12,919
  4. Thornton Township High School District 205The next smaller Illinois district: 4,681 students in fall 2022, $28,504 per student in fiscal year 2022-23.$28,504
  5. Compare Woodland School District 50 with Dunlap CUSD 323Enrollment, spending, revenue sources and schools, side by side.
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Source: NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23 (spending per student and fall 2022 membership; ranks among the state's districts that reported them); NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (schools).

Questions about Woodland School District 50

  1. How many schools and students are in Woodland School District 50?
    4 schools were open in 2024-25 (3 elementary, 1 middle), enrolling 4,563 students, according to the NCES Common Core of Data.
  2. How much does Woodland School District 50 spend per student?
    $21,130 per student on current operations in fiscal year 2022-23 (NCES F-33), which leaves out construction and debt; the Illinois median for districts with at least 1,000 students in fall 2022 is $18,127 and the U.S. figure is $16,260. Census Bureau figures for 2023-24 put it at $23,456 per student, up 11.0% on the year before (U.S. $17,619 that year).
  3. Where does Woodland School District 50's money come from?
    $118,844,000 in revenue in fiscal year 2022-23: 26.9% state, 68.4% local and 4.6% federal (NCES F-33).
  4. How many children in Woodland School District 50 live in poverty?
    The Census Bureau estimates that 427 of the 5,957 children aged 5 to 17 living within the district's boundaries in 2024, 7.2%, were in families in poverty (Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates). It is a model-based estimate for everyone living in the district, not a count of its students; the free-meal shares in the school tables are counts of enrolled students.
  5. How do students in Woodland School District 50 do on state tests?
    In 2021-22, the students tested in Woodland School District 50 scored proficient or above: 29% in reading, against 29.9% in reading across Illinois. Illinois's own test sets what proficient means, so results compare within the state, not across states. Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts state assessment results, 2021-22.
  6. What is Woodland School District 50's NCES district ID?
    1743110. Each of its schools' 12-digit NCES IDs begins with these seven digits.

Reading these figures: how to choose a school district, what Title I means and what an absenteeism rate means. They are for information and are not a substitute for the school's or district's own records.

Sources

Every federal file behind this record
  • NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25: directory, membership, staff and lunch files. nces.ed.gov
  • NCES Common Core of Data, 2021-22 school characteristics: Title I status. nces.ed.gov
  • Civil Rights Data Collection, 2021-22: AP courses, gifted programs, counselors, discipline. civilrightsdata.ed.gov
  • EDFacts, 2022-23: chronic absenteeism. ed.gov
  • EDFacts state assessment results, 2021-22: reading and math proficiency for the district and its state (ED Data Express). eddataexpress.ed.gov
  • U.S. Census Bureau, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, 2024: children aged 5 to 17 and those in families in poverty, by school district. census.gov
  • U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances, fiscal year 2023-24: per pupil current spending for 2023-24 and 2022-23. census.gov
  • NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, fiscal year 2022-23: district spending and revenue. nces.ed.gov
  • U.S. Census Bureau geocoder and TIGER school districts: the district boundary used by the district finder. census.gov

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances Per pupil current spending by school system · FY 2023-24

Source: NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey Revenue and expenditures by district · FY 2022-23

Source: NCES Common Core of Data School directory, membership, staff and lunch files · 2024-25

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