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Wheeling CCSD 21

Wheeling, Illinois · Public School District · Open

Key statistics

6,298
Students enrolled
13
Public schools
520
Classroom teachers (FTE)
12.1:1
Students per teacher

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data. School year: 2024-25.

Students

By grade

  • Pre-K 428
  • Kindergarten 602
  • Grade 1 666
  • Grade 2 650
  • Grade 3 691
  • Grade 4 623
  • Grade 5 657
  • Grade 6 640
  • Grade 7 697
  • Grade 8 644

By race/ethnicity

  • Hispanic/Latino 46%
  • White 35%
  • Asian 11%
  • Two or more races 4%
  • Black or African American 3%
  • American Indian or Alaska Native <1%
  • Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander <1%

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (fall membership), school year 2024-25. Race/ethnicity as reported by the state.

Free and reduced-price lunch

60% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch 3,769 of 6,298 students in the district's schools

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data, school year 2024-25. Eligibility as reported by the state. Schools that serve free meals to every student may count all of them as eligible, so figures are not comparable from state to state.

Spending and revenue

$23,618 spent per student on day-to-day operations Illinois median: $18,461 per student

Spending per student

  • Instruction $13,356
  • Support services $9,504
  • Other (food service, etc.) $758

Where the money comes from

  • Local 67%
  • State 26%
  • Federal 7%

Total revenue $185.2 milliontotal spending $186.4 million

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, School District Finance Survey (F-33), school year 2023-24. Day-to-day spending is NCES's current expenditures: it leaves out construction, equipment, debt and payments to charter or private schools. Per student is per fall enrollment of that year.

District details

Grades served

PK to 08

Locale (NCES)

Suburb: Large

Total staff (FTE)

899

District office

959 W Dundee Rd, Wheeling IL 60090

County

Cook County

Official website

NCES District ID

1742210

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About Wheeling CCSD 21

Description provided by the district or community — not part of the NCES dataset.

The purpose of District 21 schools is to provide a learning environment for all students to become life long learners and productive citizens.
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