School systems & governing boards · IL

Illinois school systems.

Open the district record people actually need: schools, students, public money, official contacts, and governing people and elections wherever the source layer is live.

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.

Useful school-system records

Illinois school systems.

Illinois school finance after inflation.

890 systems

Lewis & Clark Community College

Lincoln Land Community College

Mchenry County College

Moraine Valley Community College

Morton College

Oakton Community College

Parkland College

Prairie State College

Rend Lake College

Richland Community College

Rock Valley College

Sauk Valley Community College

Shawnee College

South Suburban College

Southeastern Illinois College

Southwestern Illinois College

Spoon River College

Triton College

Waubonsee Community College

William Rainey Harper College