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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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Carrollton CUSD 1

Carrollton, IL

Students
469
Schools
2
Spending / pupil
$15,755

0.0% spending / pupil after inflation · -12.2% enrollment

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Okaw Valley CUSD 302

Bethany, IL

Students
467
Schools
3
Spending / pupil
$17,257

+5.3% spending / pupil after inflation · -8.1% enrollment

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N Pekin & Marquette Hght SD 102

Marquette Heights, IL

Students
464
Schools
2
Spending / pupil
$15,325

+3.9% spending / pupil after inflation · -14.5% enrollment

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Woodland CUSD 5

Streator, IL

Students
463
Schools
2
Spending / pupil
$23,827

+36.6% spending / pupil after inflation · -9.7% enrollment

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Galva CUSD 224

Galva, IL

Students
462
Schools
2
Spending / pupil
$15,563

-9.7% spending / pupil after inflation · -6.1% enrollment

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Cerro Gordo CUSD 100

Cerro Gordo, IL

Students
460
Schools
2
Spending / pupil
$15,754

-6.0% spending / pupil after inflation · -5.0% enrollment

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Oglesby ESD 125

Oglesby, IL

Students
460
Schools
2
Spending / pupil
$16,441

+2.7% spending / pupil after inflation · -14.0% enrollment

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Ashton-Franklin Center CUSD 275

Ashton, IL

Students
459
Schools
2
Spending / pupil
$18,678

+10.6% spending / pupil after inflation · -7.3% enrollment

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Hillside SD 93

Hillside, IL

Students
455
Schools
1
Spending / pupil
$24,501

-8.3% spending / pupil after inflation · +11.0% enrollment

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Fairfield Comm H S Dist 225

Fairfield, IL

Students
453
Schools
1
Spending / pupil
$15,340

-0.7% spending / pupil after inflation · +6.1% enrollment

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River Ridge CUSD 210

Hanover, IL

Students
453
Schools
3
Spending / pupil
$25,925

+7.2% spending / pupil after inflation · -11.2% enrollment

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Southeastern CUSD 337

Augusta, IL

Students
452
Schools
2
Spending / pupil
$17,131

-6.1% spending / pupil after inflation · -4.4% enrollment

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Chaney-Monge SD 88

Crest Hill, IL

Students
451
Schools
1
Spending / pupil
$21,976

+14.5% spending / pupil after inflation · +3.7% enrollment

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Roanoke Benson CUSD 60

Roanoke, IL

Students
448
Schools
3
Spending / pupil
$17,357

-2.5% spending / pupil after inflation · -9.5% enrollment

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Cobden SUD 17

Cobden, IL

Students
447
Schools
3
Spending / pupil
$18,206

+10.3% spending / pupil after inflation · -15.0% enrollment

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Aviston SD 21

Aviston, IL

Students
445
Schools
1
Spending / pupil
$9,620

-11.4% spending / pupil after inflation · +15.9% enrollment

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Grant Park CUSD 6

Grant Park, IL

Students
444
Schools
2
Spending / pupil
$17,194

+5.5% spending / pupil after inflation · -8.1% enrollment

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Panhandle CUSD 2

Raymond, IL

Students
444
Schools
4
Spending / pupil
$19,541

+19.2% spending / pupil after inflation · -8.5% enrollment

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Meridian CUSD 101

Mounds, IL

Students
442
Schools
2
Spending / pupil
$25,491

+20.3% spending / pupil after inflation · +0.5% enrollment

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St Joseph Ogden CHSD 305

Saint Joseph, IL

Students
442
Schools
1
Spending / pupil
$14,500

-5.3% spending / pupil after inflation · -2.6% enrollment

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Pleasant Valley SD 62

Peoria, IL

Students
437
Schools
2
Spending / pupil
$20,041

+26.1% spending / pupil after inflation · -9.0% enrollment

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Pennoyer SD 79

Norridge, IL

Students
435
Schools
1
Spending / pupil
$15,708

-3.1% spending / pupil after inflation · -1.6% enrollment

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Sandoval CUSD 501

Sandoval, IL

Students
431
Schools
3
Spending / pupil
$16,213

-9.5% spending / pupil after inflation · -14.7% enrollment

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Fox River Grove Cons SD 3

Fox River Grove, IL

Students
429
Schools
2
Spending / pupil
$19,681

-16.2% spending / pupil after inflation · +10.0% enrollment

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Ford Heights SD 169

Ford Heights, IL

Students
427
Schools
2
Spending / pupil
$29,639

+14.2% spending / pupil after inflation · -6.2% enrollment

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Brownstown CUSD 201

Brownstown, IL

Students
426
Schools
3
Spending / pupil
$12,754

-16.4% spending / pupil after inflation · +14.2% enrollment

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Carthage ESD 317

Carthage, IL

Students
426
Schools
2
Spending / pupil
$12,730

-3.1% spending / pupil after inflation · +1.2% enrollment

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Hiawatha CUSD 426

Kirkland, IL

Students
426
Schools
2
Spending / pupil
$17,887

+2.8% spending / pupil after inflation · -12.7% enrollment

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Greenfield CUSD 10

Greenfield, IL

Students
421
Schools
2
Spending / pupil
$18,223

+9.6% spending / pupil after inflation · -5.4% enrollment

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Harrison SD 36

Wonder Lake, IL

Students
420
Schools
1
Spending / pupil
$18,438

-5.6% spending / pupil after inflation · +4.0% 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.