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Zeigler, Illinois - 3 schools
An equity score of 54/100 ranks Zeigler-Royalton Cusd 188 #58 of 763 districts in Illinois (state average 38). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $15,016 per pupil, Zeigler-Royalton Cusd 188 ranks #502 of 848 Illinois districts by per-pupil spending (Illinois districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
497
Total Enrollment
3
Schools
$15,016
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Zeigler-Royalton Cusd 188 operates 3 public schools serving 497 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Illinois. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 combined, 1 high, 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 Franklin County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $15,016 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the lower half of 848 Illinois districts by per-pupil spending. See how Illinois compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 23.4% local, 63.9% state, and 12.7% federal, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles. The district's equity score is 54/100, ranked #58 of 763 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.
and 52.0% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 91.5% White, 3.1% Hispanic or Latino, 1.0% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Zeigler-Royalton Jr High School, with a diversity index of 18.6/100.
Its largest campus is Zeigler-Royalton Elem School, enrolling 258 students (53% of the district's total enrollment).
Zeigler-Royalton Elem School accounts for 51.9% of all Zeigler-Royalton Cusd 188 student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Zeigler-Royalton Cusd 188 a distant remainder — means Zeigler-Royalton Cusd 188-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: combined. 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.
Zeigler-Royalton Cusd 188 school enrollment varies 2.6× across entities
Zeigler-Royalton Cusd 188 school enrollment ranges from 100 students (lowest) to 258 students (highest), a spread of 158 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.
Zeigler-Royalton Cusd 188 chronic absenteeism rate is 52.0% — well above typical (typically associated with unusually large scale or acute resource constraints)
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 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.