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Niles Twp HSD 219

Skokie, Illinois · Superintendent: Thomas Moore · #73 of 376 Illinois districts by enrollment

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4,645

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$31,186

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · 85% above the Illinois median

12.3

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Illinois median 13.6

Niles Twp HSD 219 is a public school district based in Skokie, Illinois, serving 4,645 students in 4 schools. By enrollment it ranks #73 of the 376 Illinois districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 81% of them. Its schools average 1,161 students each, more than the Illinois median of 465. Its superintendent is Thomas Moore. It spends about $31,186 per student on day-to-day operations, 85% more than the Illinois median. It has roughly 12.3 students per teacher.

How Niles Twp HSD 219 compares

Niles Twp HSD 219Illinois median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$31,186

Illinois median $16,815 · 85% above · FY2020-21

Instruction spending per student$17,411

Illinois median $10,013 · 74% above · FY2020-21

Students per school1,161

Illinois median 465 · 150% above · 2024-25

Students per teacher12.3

Illinois median 13.6 · 10% below · 2024-25

Students per counselor221

Illinois median 490 · 55% below · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$188.5 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 4%State 18%Local 78%

Measure	Niles Twp HSD 219	Illinois median	Year
Current spending per student	$31,186	$16,815	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$17,411	$10,013	FY2020-21
Total spending	$171.2 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$188.5 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	377	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	1,122	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	12.3	13.6	2024-25
Students per counselor	221	490	2024-25

Spending: NCES school district finance survey (F-33), FY2020-21. Staffing and enrollment: NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25. Via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. The Illinois median compares districts with 1,000 or more students.

Leadership

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Thomas Moore

Superintendent, Niles Twp HSD 219

Source: Illinois State Board of Education, Directory of Educational Entities, checked 2026-10-19. Report a change

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Peer districts in Illinois

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District	Students	Schools	Spending per student	Students per teacher	Rank
CHSD 99Downers Grove	4,673	2	$22,244	14.3	#70
Park Ridge CCSD 64Niles	4,654	8	$19,819	12.2	#71
East St Louis School District 189East Saint Louis	4,646	12	$23,523	12.4	#72
Niles Twp HSD 219Skokie · this district	4,645	4	$31,186	12.3	#73
Kankakee School District 111Kankakee	4,602	11	$17,198	17.5	#74

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Okemos Public SchoolsOkemos, MI	4,651	$11,655	16.7
Westbury Union Free School DistrictOld Westbury, NY	4,649	$28,244	13.3
Mountain View WhismanMountain View, CA	4,644	$18,061	19.4
Lakewood Township School DistrictLakewood, NJ	4,643	$42,210	10.0

Peers are the districts closest in enrollment, so they can still differ in many other ways. Enrollment, school counts and phone numbers are from the NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25.

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