An equity score of 40/100 ranks Woodridge Sd 68 #340 of 759 districts in Illinois (state average 38). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $22,210 per pupil, Woodridge Sd 68 ranks #148 of 845 Illinois districts by per-pupil spending (Illinois districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
2,708
Total Enrollment
7
Schools
$22,210
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, Elementary
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Woodridge Sd 68 operates 7 public schools serving 2,708 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Illinois. The school portfolio breaks down into 3 combined, 3 elementary, 1 middle 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 $22,210 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 65.2% local, 29.3% state, and 5.5% 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 40/100, ranked #340 of 759 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.
a 573:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 20.9% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 52.0% White, 17.9% Hispanic or Latino, 15.0% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is John L Sipley Elem School, with a diversity index of 72.1/100.
Thomas Jefferson Jr High School accounts for 19.6% of all Woodridge Sd 68 student enrollment
That concentration means Woodridge Sd 68-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.
Woodridge Sd 68 student-counselor ratio is 573:1 — well above typical (typically associated with unusually large scale or acute resource constraints)
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 Values this far above typical often signal acute resource constraints or a structurally different scale than most peers — worth reading alongside the underlying counts, not the ratio alone.
Woodridge Sd 68 chronic absenteeism rate is 20.9% — 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 Woodridge Sd 68 is typically wider than the Woodridge Sd 68-aggregate figure suggests.