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890school systems
3,951operating schools connected
1,838,674students in finance records
840complete 2019–2024 finance trends
0governance layers connected
What changed from 2019 to 2024?

Illinois school finance after inflation.

Follow a consistent set of 840 systems across all six Census years. Dollar changes are converted with the national CPI-U annual average so a nominal increase is not mistaken for a real increase.

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2024 median spending / pupil$18,461Median of complete system records
Median change after inflation+3.0%Current spending per pupil · 2024 dollars
Median nominal change+26.4%Before the CPI-U adjustment
Aggregate enrollment change-5.8%Same complete systems in every year
Enrollment in consistently reporting systems840 systems in every year
2019202020212022202320241,944,1381,832,175
Current spending per pupil in 2024 dollarsWeighted by the enrollment attached to each spending record
201920202021202220232024$21,570$19,678

School finance: U.S. Census Bureau Annual Survey of School System Finances · inflation adjustment: BLS CPI-U series CUUR0000SA0, annual U.S. city average. This is a purchasing-power comparison, not a performance grade or local cost-of-living estimate.

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Beecher CUSD 200U

Beecher, IL

Students
1,063
Schools
3
Spending / pupil
$15,809

+2.3% spending / pupil after inflation · +3.1% enrollment

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Westchester SD 92-5

Westchester, IL

Students
1,063
Schools
3
Spending / pupil
$16,824

-0.8% spending / pupil after inflation · -5.8% enrollment

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Skokie SD 73-5

Skokie, IL

Students
1,061
Schools
3
Spending / pupil
$30,183

+24.1% spending / pupil after inflation · -5.3% enrollment

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Lincoln ESD 27

Lincoln, IL

Students
1,059
Schools
5
Spending / pupil
$18,473

+2.8% spending / pupil after inflation · -3.9% enrollment

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Porta CUSD 202

Petersburg, IL

Students
1,048
Schools
3
Spending / pupil
$13,969

+2.6% spending / pupil after inflation · -7.8% enrollment

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Lawrence County CUD 20

Lawrenceville, IL

Students
1,040
Schools
3
Spending / pupil
$17,403

+19.1% spending / pupil after inflation · -9.2% enrollment

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Athens CUSD 213

Athens, IL

Students
1,034
Schools
4
Spending / pupil
$13,087

+2.5% spending / pupil after inflation · -6.9% enrollment

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Benton CCSD 47

Benton, IL

Students
1,032
Schools
2
Spending / pupil
$15,517

+10.4% spending / pupil after inflation · -9.5% enrollment

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Worth SD 127

Worth, IL

Students
1,029
Schools
4
Spending / pupil
$20,492

+23.6% spending / pupil after inflation · -5.2% enrollment

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Red Bud CUSD 132

Red Bud, IL

Students
1,028
Schools
2
Spending / pupil
$15,012

-3.6% spending / pupil after inflation · +1.2% enrollment

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Brookwood SD 167

Glenwood, IL

Students
1,025
Schools
4
Spending / pupil
$21,043

+3.6% spending / pupil after inflation · -9.0% enrollment

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Momence CUSD 1

Momence, IL

Students
1,023
Schools
3
Spending / pupil
$17,011

+9.5% spending / pupil after inflation · -4.8% enrollment

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Mendota CCSD 289

Mendota, IL

Students
1,016
Schools
3
Spending / pupil
$15,892

+11.7% spending / pupil after inflation · -7.4% enrollment

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Sunnybrook SD 171

Lansing, IL

Students
1,015
Schools
2
Spending / pupil
$16,339

-12.3% spending / pupil after inflation · +1.5% enrollment

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Country Club Hills SD 160

Country Club Hills, IL

Students
1,011
Schools
3
Spending / pupil
$17,567

-9.8% spending / pupil after inflation · -17.1% enrollment

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Itasca SD 10

Itasca, IL

Students
1,008
Schools
3
Spending / pupil
$16,630

-8.1% spending / pupil after inflation · -2.4% enrollment

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Warrensburg-Latham CUSD 11

Warrensburg, IL

Students
999
Schools
3
Spending / pupil
$13,217

-12.5% spending / pupil after inflation · +3.0% enrollment

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LaGrange Highlands SD 106

La Grange Highlands, IL

Students
996
Schools
2
Spending / pupil
$20,829

-8.2% spending / pupil after inflation · +9.6% enrollment

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Carbondale CHSD 165

Carbondale, IL

Students
995
Schools
1
Spending / pupil
$22,399

+5.7% spending / pupil after inflation · +0.3% enrollment

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Cumberland CUSD 77

Toledo, IL

Students
992
Schools
3
Spending / pupil
$14,767

+8.7% spending / pupil after inflation · -3.6% enrollment

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Meridian CUSD 15

Macon, IL

Students
986
Schools
3
Spending / pupil
$12,661

-10.7% spending / pupil after inflation · -1.1% enrollment

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Morrison CUSD 6

Morrison, IL

Students
985
Schools
4
Spending / pupil
$14,230

-11.3% spending / pupil after inflation · -2.3% enrollment

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Calumet City SD 155

Calumet City, IL

Students
984
Schools
3
Spending / pupil
$19,409

+10.3% spending / pupil after inflation · -14.2% enrollment

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Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley CUSD 5

Gibson City, IL

Students
983
Schools
3
Spending / pupil
$18,376

-14.0% spending / pupil after inflation · -2.1% enrollment

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Orion CUSD 223

Orion, IL

Students
982
Schools
3
Spending / pupil
$13,268

-5.7% spending / pupil after inflation · -4.9% enrollment

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Central CUSD 4

Ashkum, IL

Students
978
Schools
4
Spending / pupil
$15,874

+3.8% spending / pupil after inflation · -9.1% enrollment

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Belle Valley SD 119

Belleville, IL

Students
977
Schools
1
Spending / pupil
$16,858

+15.0% spending / pupil after inflation · -5.9% enrollment

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Chester CUSD 139

Chester, IL

Students
968
Schools
2
Spending / pupil
$15,112

+11.0% spending / pupil after inflation · -3.0% enrollment

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Deer Creek-Mackinaw CUSD 701

Mackinaw, IL

Students
967
Schools
3
Spending / pupil
$14,363

-6.2% spending / pupil after inflation · -6.8% enrollment

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River Bend CUSD 2

Fulton, IL

Students
957
Schools
4
Spending / pupil
$14,022

-7.0% spending / pupil after inflation · +2.0% enrollment

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Final 2024–25 NCES agency and school directories are joined by exact agency ID. Census school-finance records for 2019–2024 are connected only by exact Census PID6 or NCES LEAID and remain nominal dollars. Board coverage is added only from an official state or district source.