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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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Prairie Du Rocher CCSD 134

Prairie Du Rocher, IL

Students
119
Schools
1
Spending / pupil
$16,664

-17.1% spending / pupil after inflation · -16.2% enrollment

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Armstrong Twp HSD 225

Armstrong, IL

Students
114
Schools
1
Spending / pupil
$25,184

+1.6% spending / pupil after inflation · -14.9% enrollment

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Akin CCSD 91

Akin, IL

Students
112
Schools
1
Spending / pupil
$18,795

-21.0% spending / pupil after inflation · +19.1% enrollment

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Cornell CCSD 426

Cornell, IL

Students
112
Schools
1
Spending / pupil
$18,152

+32.0% spending / pupil after inflation · -3.4% enrollment

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Cypress SD 64

Cypress, IL

Students
109
Schools
1
Spending / pupil
$15,890

+6.3% spending / pupil after inflation · -9.9% enrollment

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Shirland CCSD 134

Shirland, IL

Students
105
Schools
1
Spending / pupil
$22,819

+3.5% spending / pupil after inflation · -3.7% enrollment

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Tamaroa School Dist 5

Tamaroa, IL

Students
99
Schools
1
Spending / pupil
$20,717

+17.3% spending / pupil after inflation · +20.7% enrollment

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Allen-Otter Creek CCSD 65

Ransom, IL

Students
94
Schools
1
Spending / pupil
$22,064

-27.3% spending / pupil after inflation · +40.3% enrollment

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Geff CCSD 14

Geff, IL

Students
94
Schools
1
Spending / pupil
$17,628

-5.5% spending / pupil after inflation · +2.2% enrollment

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Armstrong-Ellis Cons SD 61

Armstrong, IL

Students
89
Schools
1
Spending / pupil
$23,225

-19.5% spending / pupil after inflation · +21.9% enrollment

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Brussels CUSD 42

Brussels, IL

Students
87
Schools
2
Spending / pupil
$27,448

+28.3% spending / pupil after inflation · -28.1% enrollment

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Malden CCSD 84

Malden, IL

Students
86
Schools
1
Spending / pupil
$18,384

+12.3% spending / pupil after inflation · -14.9% enrollment

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South Wilmington CCSD 74

Kankakee, IL

Students
86
Schools
1
Spending / pupil
$16,047

-15.1% spending / pupil after inflation · +14.7% enrollment

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Venice CUSD 3

Venice, IL

Students
85
Schools
1
Spending / pupil
$49,565

+9.8% spending / pupil after inflation · +6.3% enrollment

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Damiansville SD 62

Damiansville, IL

Students
82
Schools
1
Spending / pupil
$16,634

+22.9% spending / pupil after inflation · -24.8% enrollment

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Creston CCSD 161

Creston, IL

Students
80
Schools
1
Spending / pupil
$21,800

-3.7% spending / pupil after inflation · -7.0% enrollment

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Ohio CCSD 17

Ohio, IL

Students
80
Schools
1
Spending / pupil
$29,763

-0.5% spending / pupil after inflation · +5.3% enrollment

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Nettle Creek CCSD 24C

Morris, IL

Students
78
Schools
1
Spending / pupil
$23,654

+11.5% spending / pupil after inflation · -14.3% enrollment

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Eswood CCSD 269

Lindenwood, IL

Students
76
Schools
1
Spending / pupil
$23,789

+3.0% spending / pupil after inflation · 0.0% enrollment

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Kings Cons SD 144

Kings, IL

Students
76
Schools
1
Spending / pupil
$23,987

-2.9% spending / pupil after inflation · -11.6% enrollment

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New Holland-Middletown ED 88

Middletown, IL

Students
75
Schools
1
Spending / pupil
$27,373

+36.7% spending / pupil after inflation · -22.7% enrollment

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Kell Cons SD 2

Kell, IL

Students
74
Schools
1
Spending / pupil
$20,068

+8.2% spending / pupil after inflation · -22.1% enrollment

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Grand Prairie CCSD 6

Centralia, IL

Students
73
Schools
1
Spending / pupil
$24,055

+53.5% spending / pupil after inflation · -3.9% enrollment

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St Libory Cons SD 30

St. Libory, IL

Students
70
Schools
1
Spending / pupil
$16,557

-6.1% spending / pupil after inflation · +9.4% enrollment

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Rutland CCSD 230

Ottawa, IL

Students
69
Schools
1
Spending / pupil
$30,971

+10.4% spending / pupil after inflation · -4.2% enrollment

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Irvington CCSD 11

Irvington, IL

Students
68
Schools
1
Spending / pupil
$14,691

-21.6% spending / pupil after inflation · +3.0% enrollment

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Lostant CUSD 425

Lostant, IL

Students
62
Schools
1
Spending / pupil
$22,823

-17.4% spending / pupil after inflation · -1.6% enrollment

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Rooks Creek CCSD 425

Graymont, IL

Students
62
Schools
1
Spending / pupil
$21,839

-4.2% spending / pupil after inflation · +37.8% enrollment

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Spring Lake CCSD 606

Manito, IL

Students
59
Schools
1
Spending / pupil
$18,814

-7.4% spending / pupil after inflation · +22.9% enrollment

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Buncombe Cons SD 43

Buncombe, IL

Students
58
Schools
1
Spending / pupil
$20,845

+32.2% spending / pupil after inflation · -3.3% 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.