Other / mixed grade configuration · Dwight, IL

Dwight Common School

Federal NCES profile for Dwight Common School, including enrollment, faculty, free-lunch eligibility, demographics, and resource indicators - Resource Investment Index 37/100.

2024-25 NCES dataOther / mixed grade configurationNCES 171284001537
0/100100/10037/100
👥 S:T ratio
44
🌟 Gifted program
30
🎓 Counselors
0
📋 Attendance
74
Scored 0–100 from federal NCES and CRDC indicators, resource allocation, not test scores. Full methodology →

The verdict

Dwight Common School earns 37/100 on the Resource Investment Index, with class sizes near the Illinois median.

37
Resource Index · Typical
14:1
students per teacher
519
students enrolled

Dwight Common School has class sizes near the Illinois median. Computed live against every Illinois school reporting to NCES.

School address

CCD year-over-year · 2022-23 → 2023-24

-6 students YoY

Dwight Common School held near 539 students from 2022-23 to 2023-24 (-6 headcount).

Teacher FTE added 37.4 → 39.0 across the same CCD years.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data public-school universe (2022-23, 2023-24).

Steady CCD campus

-6 students YoY 171284001537 · Dwight, IL Other · MID · TRAD

519 enr · 14:1 · RII 37

Nearest enrollment peer: Greensboro Elementary School (519 students)

Dwight Common School held near 539 students from 2022-23 to 2023-24 (-6 headcount). Teacher FTE added 37.4 → 39.0 across the same CCD years. Read with this school → · District book → · Illinois schools → · Find another →

How Dwight Common School compares

Dwight Common School held steady on CCD headcount: ratios and free-lunch share vs Illinois and U.S. means.

Metric This school vs Illinois Illinois avg U.S. avg
Students per teacher 14:1 ▼ 0% 14:1 15.7:1
Enrollment 519 top 28% - -

Source: NCES Common Core of Data School-level CCD + state/national means from Public School Universe · 2024-25

14:1
Leaner classes than 57% of US schools, a middle-of-the-pack class size.
519
Bigger than 64% of US schools by enrollment, mid-sized for the country.

Equity indicators methodology

Staffing depth
14:1
students per teacher - 0% above state mean
Top 56% in Illinois - lower ratio than 44% of state schools
Close to the 15:1 benchmark most often cited for individualized attention.
Engagement
10.6%
chronically absent (missed 10%+ of school days)
In the 10-15% range, above the pre-pandemic national baseline but within the broader post-pandemic picture.
Funding equity
$13,224
per pupil, district-wide - below Illinois avg of $18,196
Well below the U.S. average per-pupil spend, a notably leaner funding position that may affect programs, facilities, and staffing.
Support staff
Counselors1.0 FTE
Per 519 students, the combined health-and-guidance staffing load for this school.
Discipline context
0
in-school suspensions + 1 out-of-school
Suspension rate: 0.0 per 100 students. Combined in-school and out-of-school rate: 0.2 per 100 students. Reported via the Civil Rights Data Collection.

Student demographics

White 83.8%
Hispanic or Latino 10.8%
Two or More 4.0%
Asian 1.0%
African American 0.4%

Largest group: White at 83.8% of enrollment.

Student-body diversity index 28.4/100

Simpson diversity index - at 28.4, Dwight Common School is less mixed than the Illinois school average of 38.9.

Programs

District finance for Dwight Common Sd 232 reports $13,224 per pupil (NCES F-33) - open the district page for the full revenue mix.

Nationwide other schools with similar size or staffing

Out-of-state peers matched by enrollment and by student-teacher ratio, not the same-city or same-district lists above.

Frequently asked questions about Dwight Common School

How many students attend Dwight Common School?

Dwight Common School has 519 students enrolled. It is a public school in Dwight, IL. CCD year-over-year: 545 (2022-23) → 539 (2023-24), nearly flat (-6).

What is the student-teacher ratio at Dwight Common School?

The student-teacher ratio at Dwight Common School is 14:1, which is 0% higher than the Illinois average of 14:1 and 11% lower than the national average of 15.7:1.

What is the racial and ethnic makeup of Dwight Common School?

The largest demographic group at Dwight Common School is White at 83.8% of enrollment, in Dwight, IL.

What is the Resource Investment Index for Dwight Common School?

Dwight Common School has a Resource Investment Index of 37/100 (typical reported resources relative to schools nationally) based on 4 factors: student-teacher ratio, gifted-program reporting, counselor availability, chronic absenteeism. Not a test-score or academic measure (national median ~41/100, see methodology).

What other schools are in Dwight Common Sd 232?

None reported; Dwight Common Sd 232 operates only Dwight Common School as a public school district in NCES's records.

Source: National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) CCD + Public School Universe (2024-25), CRDC (2021-22), F-33 District Finance Survey (FY 2022-23) · 2024-25 Data as of the 2024-25 school year. Coverage from U.S. Department of Education NCES Common Core of Data. Varies by entity type; administrative districts and certain charter networks may report only a subset of fields.

All federal data sources used on this page

Full source list and how we compute each figure: methodology page.

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