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 (2022-23). Only districts enrolling 500 or more students are included.
- $40,042
- Top per-pupil spend
- $28,833
- Avg across top 50
- 50
- Districts listed
The spending picture in one line
Lake Forest Chsd 115 spends $40,042 per student, the most of any Illinois district listed, against an average of $28,833 across the top 50.
- $40,042
- top spend (Lake Forest Chsd 115)
- $25,223
- 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 115Lake Forest | $40,042 |
| 2 | New Trier Twp Hsd 203Northfield | $36,416 |
| 3 | Twp Hsd 113Highland Park | $36,038 |
| 4 | Niles Twp Hsd 219Skokie | $35,441 |
| 5 | Rich Twp Hsd 227Matteson | $34,994 |
| 6 | Chsd 128Vernon Hills | $32,694 |
| 7 | Gower Sd 62Willowbrook | $32,399 |
| 8 | Forest Park Sd 91Forest Park | $32,336 |
| 9 | Glenbrook Hsd 225Glenview | $32,130 |
| 10 | Avoca Sd 37Wilmette | $31,147 |
| 11 | Winnetka Sd 36Winnetka | $30,925 |
| 12 | Hinsdale Twp Hsd 86Hinsdale | $30,924 |
| 13 | Adlai E Stevenson Hsd 125Lincolnshire | $30,613 |
| 14 | Northbrook Sd 28Northbrook | $30,560 |
| 15 | Cusd 201Westmont | $30,480 |
| 16 | Lake Forest Sd 67Lake Forest | $30,131 |
| 17 | Evanston Ccsd 65Evanston | $29,769 |
| 18 | Glencoe Sd 35Glencoe | $29,766 |
| 19 | Evanston Twp Hsd 202Evanston | $29,342 |
| 20 | Oak Park - River Forest Sd 200Oak Park | $29,326 |
| 21 | Thornton Twp Hsd 205South Holland | $28,504 |
| 22 | Rhodes Sd 84-5River Grove | $28,409 |
| 23 | West Chicago Esd 33West Chicago | $28,160 |
| 24 | Maine Township Hsd 207Park Ridge | $28,152 |
| 25 | Lisle Cusd 202Lisle | $27,944 |
| 26 | Northbrook Esd 27Northbrook | $27,871 |
| 27 | East St Louis Sd 189East Saint Louis | $27,439 |
| 28 | Summit Sd 104Summit | $26,862 |
| 29 | Skokie Sd 73-5Skokie | $26,771 |
| 30 | Dolton Sd 148Riverdale | $26,724 |
| 31 | Darien Sd 61Darien | $26,616 |
| 32 | Chsd 218Oak Lawn | $26,539 |
| 33 | Northbrook/Glenview Sd 30Northbrook | $26,517 |
| 34 | Township Hsd 211Palatine | $26,471 |
| 35 | Deerfield Sd 109Deerfield | $26,414 |
| 36 | Township Hsd 214Arlington Heights | $26,345 |
| 37 | Chsd 99Downers Grove | $26,343 |
| 38 | Erie Cusd 1Erie | $26,320 |
| 39 | Lincolnwood Sd 74Lincolnwood | $26,278 |
| 40 | Fenton Chsd 100Bensenville | $26,269 |
| 41 | Richmond-Burton Chsd 157Richmond | $25,942 |
| 42 | Leyden Chsd 212Franklin Park | $25,808 |
| 43 | Ccsd 93Bloomingdale | $25,661 |
| 44 | Lake Bluff Esd 65Lake Bluff | $25,610 |
| 45 | Lyons Twp Hsd 204La Grange | $25,494 |
| 46 | West Northfield Sd 31Northbrook | $25,471 |
| 47 | Fairview Sd 72Skokie | $25,362 |
| 48 | Ccsd 62Des Plaines | $25,359 |
| 49 | Will County Sd 92Lockport | $25,285 |
| 50 | Argo Chsd 217Summit | $25,223 |
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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 2022-23, 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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