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Illinois school systems.

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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

Current spending per pupil in 2024 dollarsWeighted by the enrollment attached to each spending record

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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Forest Park SD 91

Forest Park, IL

Students: 713
Schools: 4
Spending / pupil: $33,990

-12.3% spending / pupil after inflation · -6.8% enrollment

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Christopher USD 99

Christopher, IL

Students: 710
Schools: 2
Spending / pupil: $17,842

+51.5% spending / pupil after inflation · -11.9% enrollment

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Fairview SD 72

Skokie, IL

Students: 707
Schools: 1
Spending / pupil: $26,926

-0.9% spending / pupil after inflation · -1.1% enrollment

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Roselle SD 12

Roselle, IL

Students: 705
Schools: 2
Spending / pupil: $17,662

-19.4% spending / pupil after inflation · +8.3% enrollment

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East Alton SD 13

East Alton, IL

Students: 703
Schools: 3
Spending / pupil: $20,263

+8.9% spending / pupil after inflation · -8.3% enrollment

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Medinah SD 11

Roselle, IL

Students: 703
Schools: 3
Spending / pupil: $18,691

-16.0% spending / pupil after inflation · +6.0% enrollment

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Arcola CUSD 306

Arcola, IL

Students: 701
Schools: 2
Spending / pupil: $18,130

+2.1% spending / pupil after inflation · -2.2% enrollment

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Hinckley Big Rock CUSD 429

Hinckley, IL

Students: 700
Schools: 3
Spending / pupil: $19,661

-5.2% spending / pupil after inflation · +0.1% enrollment

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Harmony Emge SD 175

Belleville, IL

Students: 695
Schools: 3
Spending / pupil: $18,501

+3.4% spending / pupil after inflation · -10.3% enrollment

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Millstadt CCSD 160

Millstadt, IL

Students: 692
Schools: 2
Spending / pupil: $14,718

-13.2% spending / pupil after inflation · -5.7% enrollment

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Brown County CUSD 1

Mt Sterling, IL

Students: 690
Schools: 3
Spending / pupil: $15,381

-14.1% spending / pupil after inflation · -3.8% enrollment

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Altamont CUSD 10

Altamont, IL

Students: 689
Schools: 2
Spending / pupil: $13,573

-4.8% spending / pupil after inflation · +7.7% enrollment

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Marengo CHSD 154

Marengo, IL

Students: 689
Schools: 1
Spending / pupil: $22,343

-7.1% spending / pupil after inflation · +3.1% enrollment

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Gallatin CUSD 7

Junction, IL

Students: 687
Schools: 3
Spending / pupil: $16,825

+8.6% spending / pupil after inflation · -8.4% enrollment

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Stark County CUSD 100

Wyoming, IL

Students: 687
Schools: 3
Spending / pupil: $14,751

-9.7% spending / pupil after inflation · -0.7% enrollment

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Freeburg CHSD 77

Freeburg, IL

Students: 685
Schools: 1
Spending / pupil: $16,047

-7.7% spending / pupil after inflation · +4.6% enrollment

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Pontiac Twp HSD 90

Pontiac, IL

Students: 678
Schools: 1
Spending / pupil: $21,527

+7.7% spending / pupil after inflation · +1.3% enrollment

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Midland CUSD 7

Sparland, IL

Students: 675
Schools: 3
Spending / pupil: $12,797

-13.4% spending / pupil after inflation · -3.3% enrollment

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Blue Ridge CUSD 18

Farmer City, IL

Students: 670
Schools: 3
Spending / pupil: $19,407

-1.4% spending / pupil after inflation · -6.6% enrollment

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Cusd 4

Mendon, IL

Students: 669
Schools: 3
Spending / pupil: $12,498

-5.8% spending / pupil after inflation · -3.0% enrollment

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Illini Central CUSD 189

Mason City, IL

Students: 668
Schools: 4
Spending / pupil: $18,843

+2.1% spending / pupil after inflation · -3.6% enrollment

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Unity Point CCSD 140

Carbondale, IL

Students: 660
Schools: 1
Spending / pupil: $14,579

+19.9% spending / pupil after inflation · -1.5% enrollment

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Golf ESD 67

Morton Grove, IL

Students: 659
Schools: 2
Spending / pupil: $21,047

+1.9% spending / pupil after inflation · -9.1% enrollment

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Goreville CUD 1

Goreville, IL

Students: 649
Schools: 2
Spending / pupil: $15,173

-4.4% spending / pupil after inflation · +14.5% enrollment

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Union Ridge SD 86

Harwood Heights, IL

Students: 647
Schools: 1
Spending / pupil: $17,141

-6.8% spending / pupil after inflation · -2.4% enrollment

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Elmwood CUSD 322

Elmwood, IL

Students: 645
Schools: 3
Spending / pupil: $13,902

-11.9% spending / pupil after inflation · -5.7% enrollment

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Princeville CUSD 326

Princeville, IL

Students: 644
Schools: 2
Spending / pupil: $16,938

+4.7% spending / pupil after inflation · -15.4% enrollment

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Niles ESD 71

Niles, IL

Students: 641
Schools: 1
Spending / pupil: $21,775

-16.5% spending / pupil after inflation · +6.8% enrollment

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Benjamin SD 25

West Chicago, IL

Students: 638
Schools: 2
Spending / pupil: $24,668

-13.5% spending / pupil after inflation · +5.5% enrollment

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Villa Grove CUSD 302

Villa Grove, IL

Students: 638
Schools: 3
Spending / pupil: $12,414

-14.3% 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.