Illinois · NCES F-33 finance data
Highest Spending Districts in Illinois
The 50 Illinois districts that spend the most per student, ranked from NCES F-33 finance data (2021-22). Only districts enrolling 500 or more students are included.
- $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.
Per-pupil spending figures come from the National Center for Education Statistics F-33 School District Finance Survey for fiscal year 2021-22, the federal government's annual census of revenues and expenditures across more than 13,000 public school districts. Only districts enrolling 500 or more students are ranked, to keep small-district outliers from distorting the comparison.
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