Woodlawn Unit School District 209 operates 2 public schools serving 491 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Illinois. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 combined, 1 high 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 Jefferson County.
The funding mix is 40.9% local, 46.3% state, and 12.8% federal, a balanced mix across local, state, and federal sources, spreading budget risk across funding cycles rather than concentrating it in one.
a 248:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 14.6% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 91.5% White, 1.8% Hispanic or Latino, 0.9% African American across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Woodlawn Grade School, enrolling 322 students (65% of the district's total enrollment).
Woodlawn Grade School accounts for 64.9% of all Woodlawn Unit School District 209 student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Woodlawn Unit School District 209 a distant remainder — means Woodlawn Unit School District 209-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade band: combined. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how the district allocates programs, capital, or staff. Because it contains a majority of the affected population, enrollment-weighted aggregates will sit closer to this entity's reported fields than to those of smaller peers; an unweighted entity count answers a different question.
Woodlawn Unit School District 209 student-counselor ratio is 248:1 — low (typically associated with meeting or exceeding the American School Counselor Association (ASCA) recommended 250:1 benchmark, which correlates with stronger college and career counseling capacity)
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 Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.
Woodlawn Unit School District 209 chronic absenteeism rate is 14.6% — low (typically associated with lower-than-average attendance disruption; districts in this range often have attendance interventions, robust transportation, or smaller catchments that reduce barriers)
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 Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.
Comparisons are relative to Woodlawn Unit School District 209's own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data and the F-33 Finance Survey.
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How many schools are in Woodlawn Unit School District 209?
Woodlawn Unit School District 209 has 2 schools, including 1 combined, 1 high. Total enrollment is 491 students.
What is the demographic composition of Woodlawn Unit School District 209?
Woodlawn Unit School District 209 students are 91.5% White, 1.8% Hispanic or Latino, 0.9% African American, 0.4% Asian, averaged across 2 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.