Illinois · NCES F-33 finance data
Highest Spending Districts in Illinois
Top 50 districts ranked by per-pupil expenditure from the NCES F-33 Finance Survey, limited to districts with 500 or more students.
- $37,271
- Top per-pupil spend
- $26,963
- Avg across top 50
- 50
- Districts listed
The spending picture in one line
Lake Forest CHSD 115 spends $37,271 per student, the most of any Illinois district listed, against an average of $26,963 across the top 50.
- $37,271
- top spend (Lake Forest CHSD 115)
- $23,558
- lowest on this list
- 1.6×
- spread across the listed districts
- 1,438
- students in the top district
| # | District | Per-Pupil $ |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lake Forest CHSD 115 Lake Forest | $37,271 |
| 2 | Twp HSD 113 Highland Park | $35,100 |
| 3 | New Trier Twp HSD 203 Northfield | $34,924 |
| 4 | Niles Twp HSD 219 Skokie | $34,307 |
| 5 | Winnetka SD 36 Winnetka | $31,932 |
| 6 | Rich Twp HSD 227 Matteson | $30,936 |
| 7 | CHSD 128 Vernon Hills | $30,925 |
| 8 | Hinsdale Twp HSD 86 Hinsdale | $30,688 |
| 9 | Forest Park SD 91 Forest Park | $30,610 |
| 10 | Lake Forest SD 67 Lake Forest | $30,179 |
| 11 | Glenbrook HSD 225 Glenview | $29,799 |
| 12 | Northbrook SD 28 Northbrook | $28,607 |
| 13 | Glencoe SD 35 Glencoe | $28,310 |
| 14 | Adlai E Stevenson HSD 125 Lincolnshire | $27,980 |
| 15 | Evanston Twp HSD 202 Evanston | $27,679 |
| 16 | Avoca SD 37 Wilmette | $27,645 |
| 17 | West Northfield SD 31 Northbrook | $27,202 |
| 18 | Oak Park - River Forest SD 200 Oak Park | $26,854 |
| 19 | Lisle CUSD 202 Lisle | $26,379 |
| 20 | Maine Township HSD 207 Park Ridge | $26,324 |
| 21 | CUSD 201 Westmont | $26,265 |
| 22 | Northbrook ESD 27 Northbrook | $26,059 |
| 23 | Evanston CCSD 65 Evanston | $26,040 |
| 24 | Leyden CHSD 212 Franklin Park | $25,950 |
| 25 | East St Louis SD 189 East Saint Louis | $25,739 |
| 26 | Township HSD 214 Arlington Heights | $25,712 |
| 27 | Rhodes SD 84-5 River Grove | $25,684 |
| 28 | CHSD 218 Oak Lawn | $25,433 |
| 29 | Fenton CHSD 100 Bensenville | $25,407 |
| 30 | CCSD 62 Des Plaines | $25,337 |
| 31 | Township HSD 211 Palatine | $25,265 |
| 32 | CHSD 99 Downers Grove | $24,940 |
| 33 | Richmond-Burton CHSD 157 Richmond | $24,938 |
| 34 | Deerfield SD 109 Deerfield | $24,889 |
| 35 | Lake Bluff ESD 65 Lake Bluff | $24,888 |
| 36 | CCSD 93 Bloomingdale | $24,882 |
| 37 | Northbrook/Glenview SD 30 Northbrook | $24,636 |
| 38 | West Chicago ESD 33 West Chicago | $24,488 |
| 39 | Erie CUSD 1 Erie | $24,452 |
| 40 | Fox Lake GSD 114 Spring Grove | $24,451 |
| 41 | Gower SD 62 Willowbrook | $24,280 |
| 42 | La Grange SD 105 South La Grange | $24,117 |
| 43 | Argo CHSD 217 Summit | $24,083 |
| 44 | North Shore SD 112 Highland Park | $24,027 |
| 45 | Lincolnwood SD 74 Lincolnwood | $24,013 |
| 46 | Wheeling CCSD 21 Wheeling | $23,863 |
| 47 | Grayslake CHSD 127 Grayslake | $23,806 |
| 48 | Lyons Twp HSD 204 La Grange | $23,706 |
| 49 | Will County SD 92 Lockport | $23,569 |
| 50 | Summit SD 104 Summit | $23,558 |
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Methodology
Per-pupil expenditure data comes from the NCES F-33 Finance Survey. Only districts with 500 or more students are included to ensure meaningful comparisons. Spending figures include all current operational expenditures divided by total enrollment.
Read our methodology — how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.