Allocating $17,041 per student, Orland School District 135 placed 389th in Illinois for per-pupil spending in fiscal year 2024, according to data from the Illinois State Board of Education.
The statewide average per-pupil expenditure reached $20,129, which exceeds the amount spent by Orland School District 135.
With 5,143 enrolled students, the district’s total spending came to approximately $87,641,863 for fiscal year 2024.
During the prior fiscal year, Orland School District 135’s per-student spending was $16,661.
Across Illinois, Venice Community Unit School District 3 reported the highest per-pupil expenditure at $52,770 for fiscal year 2024. At the opposite end, Aviston School District 21 spent $8,594 per student, making it the lowest in the state.
Orland School District 135 operates around 10 schools and its administrative office is located in Orland Park.
Illinois is among the top-spending states for K-12 education, ranking 11th nationally in per-pupil investment. About 12.6% of education funding comes from federal sources, while the remainder originates from state and local governments.
In preparation for fiscal year 2026, Illinois lawmakers passed a $55.2 billion state budget that features $307 million for full funding of the K-12 portion under the state’s Evidence-Based Funding formula. The budget also removes the Property Tax Relief Grant, a decision expected to boost property taxes by about $43 million.
Per-Pupil Spending in Orland School District 135 vs. Illinois Over 5 Years
Top 200 Illinois School Districts by Per-Pupil Spending in Fiscal Year 2024
| Rank | School District | Per-Pupil Spending | Total Enrollment |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Venice Community Unit School District 3 | $52,770 | 84 |
| 2 | Ohio Community High School District 505 | $49,976 | 26 |
| 3 | Rondout School District 72 | $40,906 | 146 |
| 4 | Rich Township High School District 227 | $40,371 | 2,304 |
| 5 | Rosemont Elementary School District 78 | $38,359 | 202 |
| 6 | Lake Forest Community High School District 115 | $37,230 | 1,366 |
| 7 | Township High School District 113 | $36,811 | 3,060 |
| 8 | Laraway Community Consolidated School District 70C | $36,583 | 452 |
| 9 | Union School District 81 | $36,326 | 122 |
| 10 | Gardner-South Wilmington Township High School District 73 | $34,654 | 153 |
| 11 | New Trier Township High School District 203 | $34,174 | 3,700 |
| 12 | Crescent Iroquois Community Unit School District 249 | $34,118 | 50 |
| 13 | Seneca Township High School District 160 | $34,016 | 355 |
| 14 | Thornton Township High School District 205 | $33,822 | 4,239 |
| 15 | Bannockburn School District 106 | $33,374 | 169 |
| 16 | Niles Township Community High School District 219 | $33,087 | 4,549 |
| 17 | Deer Park Community Consolidated School District 82 | $32,897 | 35 |
| 18 | Ford Heights School District 169 | $32,498 | 415 |
| 19 | Kenilworth School District 38 | $31,666 | 482 |
| 20 | Forest Park School District 91 | $31,509 | 694 |
| 21 | General George Patton School District 133 | $31,225 | 205 |
| 22 | Hinsdale Township High School District 86 | $30,822 | 3,774 |
| 23 | Lindop School District 92 | $30,717 | 309 |
| 24 | Sunset Ridge School District 29 | $30,538 | 484 |
| 25 | Ludlow Community Consolidated School District 142 | $30,271 | 47 |
| 26 | Butler School District 53 | $30,252 | 468 |
| 27 | Cairo Unit School District 1 | $30,178 | 292 |
| 28 | East St. Louis School District 189 | $29,713 | 4,536 |
| 29 | Libertyville Community High School District 128 | $29,620 | 3,242 |
| 30 | Grass Lake School District 36 | $29,520 | 176 |
| 31 | Evanston Township High School District 202 | $29,302 | 3,499 |
| 32 | Northfield Township High School District 225 | $29,188 | 5,030 |
| 33 | Avoca School District 37 | $29,087 | 614 |
| 34 | Dolton School District 148 | $28,676 | 1,968 |
| 35 | Leyden Community High School District 212 | $28,508 | 3,522 |
| 36 | Community Consolidated School District 180 | $28,233 | 477 |
| 37 | Winnetka School District 36 | $28,121 | 1,710 |
| 38 | Dwight Township High School District 230 | $27,824 | 201 |
| 39 | Madison Community Unit School District 12 | $27,799 | 588 |
| 40 | Fenton Community High School District 100 | $27,584 | 1,371 |
| 41 | Evanston Community Consolidated School District 65 | $27,505 | 6,193 |
| 42 | Northbrook School District 28 | $27,440 | 1,842 |
| 43 | Chicago Public School District 299 | $27,439 | 321,668 |
| 44 | Salt Creek School District 48 | $27,409 | 495 |
| 45 | Brooklyn Community Unit School District 188 | $27,354 | 128 |
| 46 | Cahokia Community Unit School District 187 | $27,242 | 3,021 |
| 47 | Adlai E. Stevenson High School District 125 | $27,227 | 4,573 |
| 48 | Rutland Community Consolidated School District 230 | $27,089 | 65 |
| 49 | Summit School District 104 | $26,830 | 1,423 |
| 50 | Maine Township High School District 207 | $26,614 | 6,138 |
| 51 | Glencoe School District 35 | $26,572 | 1,202 |
| 52 | Oak Park and River Forest District 200 | $26,540 | 3,226 |
| 53 | New Holland-Middletown Elementary School District 88 | $26,495 | 67 |
| 54 | Community High School District 99 | $26,478 | 4,630 |
| 55 | Westmont Community Unit School District 201 | $26,446 | 1,300 |
| 56 | Lake Forest School District 67 | $26,016 | 1,650 |
| 57 | Elementary School District 159 | $25,954 | 1,624 |
| 58 | Township High School District 214 | $25,929 | 11,956 |
| 59 | Richmond-Burton Community High School District 157 | $25,807 | 531 |
| 60 | Northbrook Elementary School District 27 | $25,802 | 1,325 |
| 61 | Skokie School District 73-5 | $25,699 | 1,039 |
| 62 | Argo Community High School District 217 | $25,652 | 1,771 |
| 63 | Erie Community Unit School District 1 | $25,601 | 606 |
| 64 | Des Plaines Community Consolidated School District 62 | $25,505 | 4,444 |
| 65 | Homewood-Flossmoor Community High School District 233 | $25,498 | 2,751 |
| 66 | Rhodes School District 84-5 | $25,336 | 491 |
| 67 | La Moille Community Unit School District 303 | $25,334 | 171 |
| 68 | Community High School District 218 | $25,196 | 5,429 |
| 69 | Steward Elementary School District 220 | $25,151 | 56 |
| 70 | Lisle Community Unit School District 202 | $25,138 | 1,486 |
| 71 | Saunemin Community Consolidated School District 438 | $25,093 | 117 |
| 72 | Bremen Community High School District 228 | $25,021 | 4,854 |
| 73 | Grayslake Community High School District 127 | $25,012 | 2,493 |
| 74 | Danville Community Consolidated School District 118 | $24,894 | 4,738 |
| 75 | Meridian Community Unit School District 101 | $24,796 | 431 |
| 76 | Lee Center Community Unit School District 271 | $24,720 | 122 |
| 77 | Hillside School District 93 | $24,646 | 423 |
| 78 | Ohio Community Consolidated School District 17 | $24,599 | 73 |
| 79 | Zion Elementary School District 6 | $24,577 | 2,092 |
| 80 | Proviso Township High School District 209 | $24,460 | 4,125 |
| 81 | Northbrook/Glenview School District 30 | $24,444 | 1,239 |
| 82 | Tri-Point Community Unit School District 6-J | $24,418 | 376 |
| 83 | DuPage High School District 88 | $24,367 | 3,715 |
| 84 | North Shore School District 112 | $24,258 | 3,739 |
| 85 | Deland-Weldon Community Unit School District 57 | $24,220 | 166 |
| 86 | Fairmont School District 89 | $24,193 | 283 |
| 87 | Lyons Township High School District 204 | $24,112 | 3,713 |
| 88 | West Northfield School District 31 | $24,007 | 947 |
| 89 | Durand Community Unit School District 322 | $23,973 | 531 |
| 90 | Central Stickney School District 110 | $23,945 | 296 |
| 91 | Meredosia-Chambersburg Community Unit School District 11 | $23,910 | 211 |
| 92 | La Salle Elementary School District 122 | $23,908 | 890 |
| 93 | Township High School District 211 | $23,845 | 12,117 |
| 94 | Springfield School District 186 | $23,840 | 12,849 |
| 95 | Brussels Community Unit School District 42 | $23,837 | 84 |
| 96 | Woodland Community Unit School District 5 | $23,798 | 450 |
| 97 | Park Forest School District 163 | $23,671 | 1,508 |
| 98 | Hazel Crest School District 152-5 | $23,605 | 829 |
| 99 | Waukegan Community Unit School District 60 | $23,585 | 13,546 |
| 100 | Mannheim School District 83 | $23,570 | 2,378 |
| 101 | La Grange School District 105 South | $23,403 | 1,168 |
| 102 | Antioch Community High School District 117 | $23,379 | 2,567 |
| 103 | West Harvey-Dixmoor Public School District 147 | $23,325 | 726 |
| 104 | Posen-Robbins Elementary School District 143-5 | $23,295 | 1,201 |
| 105 | Chicago Heights School District 170 | $23,271 | 2,603 |
| 106 | Spring Lake Community Consolidated School District 606 | $23,265 | 37 |
| 107 | Lostant Community Unit School District 425 | $23,250 | 56 |
| 108 | Mundelein Consolidated High School District 120 | $23,233 | 2,241 |
| 109 | Country Club Hills School District 160 | $23,217 | 993 |
| 110 | South Holland School District 151 | $23,186 | 1,402 |
| 111 | Community Consolidated School District 93 | $23,173 | 3,264 |
| 112 | Scales Mound Community Unit School District 211 | $23,156 | 255 |
| 113 | Lincolnwood School District 74 | $23,147 | 1,200 |
| 114 | Lake Bluff Elementary School District 65 | $23,116 | 874 |
| 115 | Glenbard Township High School District 87 | $23,092 | 7,606 |
| 116 | Elwood Community Consolidated School District 203 | $23,056 | 270 |
| 117 | Bellwood School District 88 | $22,992 | 1,939 |
| 118 | East Prairie School District 73 | $22,887 | 524 |
| 119 | Bloom Township High School District 206 | $22,815 | 3,079 |
| 120 | Thornton Fractional Township High School District 215 | $22,787 | 3,143 |
| 121 | Will County School District 92 | $22,670 | 1,408 |
| 122 | Ridgewood Community High School District 234 | $22,650 | 919 |
| 123 | Crete-Monee Community Unit School District 201-U | $22,641 | 4,407 |
| 124 | Grant Community High School District 124 | $22,586 | 1,778 |
| 125 | Fairview School District 72 | $22,565 | 685 |
| 126 | Allen-Otter Creek Community Consolidated School District 65 | $22,521 | 92 |
| 127 | Lemont Township High School District 210 | $22,481 | 1,301 |
| 128 | Eswood Community Consolidated School District 269 | $22,449 | 69 |
| 129 | Lake Park Community High School District 108 | $22,421 | 2,526 |
| 130 | Hinsdale Community Consolidated School District 181 | $22,402 | 3,531 |
| 131 | LaSalle-Peru Township High School District 120 | $22,372 | 1,167 |
| 132 | Deerfield School District 109 | $22,330 | 2,707 |
| 133 | Community Consolidated School District 168 | $22,314 | 1,200 |
| 134 | Skokie School District 69 | $22,243 | 1,819 |
| 135 | Wilmette School District 39 | $22,241 | 3,257 |
| 136 | Diamond Lake School District 76 | $22,226 | 821 |
| 137 | Hoover-Schrum Memorial School District 157 | $22,173 | 768 |
| 138 | Benjamin School District 25 | $22,171 | 632 |
| 139 | Mount Vernon Township High School District 201 | $22,168 | 1,205 |
| 140 | Burnham School District 154-5 | $22,135 | 140 |
| 141 | Matteson Elementary School District 162 | $22,086 | 2,335 |
| 142 | Cicero School District 99 | $22,036 | 8,555 |
| 143 | Barrington Community Unit School District 220 | $21,941 | 7,971 |
| 144 | Community Consolidated School District 59 | $21,924 | 5,822 |
| 145 | River Ridge Community Unit School District 210 | $21,923 | 446 |
| 146 | Marquardt School District 15 | $21,905 | 2,280 |
| 147 | West Chicago Elementary School District 33 | $21,831 | 3,237 |
| 148 | Freeport School District 145 | $21,820 | 3,512 |
| 149 | Newark Community High School District 18 | $21,803 | 175 |
| 150 | Decatur School District 61 | $21,744 | 7,757 |
| 151 | North Chicago School District 187 | $21,737 | 3,382 |
| 152 | Grand Prairie Community Consolidated School District 6 | $21,682 | 88 |
| 153 | Reavis Township High School District 220 | $21,650 | 1,893 |
| 154 | River Forest School District 90 | $21,649 | 1,338 |
| 155 | Winfield School District 34 | $21,605 | 316 |
| 156 | Libertyville School District 70 | $21,588 | 2,105 |
| 157 | Round Lake Community Unit School District 116 | $21,587 | 6,090 |
| 158 | Marengo Community High School District 154 | $21,525 | 666 |
| 159 | Consolidated High School District 230 | $21,471 | 7,580 |
| 159 | Pembroke Consolidated Community School District 259 | $21,471 | 189 |
| 161 | Armstrong Township High School District 225 | $21,444 | 114 |
| 162 | Vienna High School District 133 | $21,403 | 356 |
| 163 | Wood Dale School District 7 | $21,343 | 888 |
| 164 | Milford Area Public Schools District 124 | $21,336 | 477 |
| 165 | Maywood-Melrose Park-Broadview School District 89 | $21,304 | 4,096 |
| 166 | Chaney-Monge School District 88 | $21,294 | 401 |
| 167 | Zion-Benton Township High School District 126 | $21,226 | 2,508 |
| 168 | Millburn Community Consolidated School District 24 | $21,184 | 1,093 |
| 169 | Carbondale Community High School District 165 | $21,175 | 947 |
| 170 | Glenview Community Consolidated School District 34 | $21,165 | 4,281 |
| 171 | Bensenville School District 2 | $21,155 | 2,022 |
| 172 | Willow Springs School District 108 | $21,137 | 385 |
| 173 | Hall High School District 502 | $21,105 | 407 |
| 174 | Skokie School District 68 | $21,093 | 1,694 |
| 175 | Champaign Community Unit School District 4 | $21,004 | 10,250 |
| 176 | Community High School District 155 | $20,989 | 5,334 |
| 177 | Urbana School District 116 | $20,933 | 4,342 |
| 178 | Brookwood School District 167 | $20,885 | 988 |
| 179 | Berkeley School District 87 | $20,832 | 2,051 |
| 180 | Hoopeston Area Community Unit School District 11 | $20,820 | 1,076 |
| 181 | Westville Community Unit School District 2 | $20,776 | 1,142 |
| 182 | Seneca Community Consolidated School District 170 | $20,748 | 485 |
| 183 | Prospect Heights School District 23 | $20,659 | 1,461 |
| 184 | Aurora East Unit School District 131 | $20,609 | 12,080 |
| 185 | Rantoul City School District 137 | $20,603 | 1,684 |
| 186 | Cook County School District 130 | $20,561 | 2,887 |
| 187 | Rock Falls Township High School District 301 | $20,522 | 522 |
| 188 | Wheeling Community Consolidated School District 21 | $20,520 | 6,156 |
| 189 | Griggsville-Perry Community Unit School District 4 | $20,513 | 333 |
| 190 | Warren Township High School District 121 | $20,503 | 3,523 |
| 191 | Community Unit School District 2 | $20,471 | 595 |
| 192 | Scott-Morgan Consolidated Unit School District 2 | $20,429 | 177 |
| 193 | Oak Grove School District 68 | $20,390 | 910 |
| 194 | Rockdale School District 84 | $20,283 | 240 |
| 195 | Franklin Community Unit School District 1 | $20,262 | 272 |
| 196 | Lincoln Elementary School District 156 | $20,260 | 704 |
| 197 | Community High School District 94 | $20,251 | 2,012 |
| 198 | Signal Hill School District 181 | $20,223 | 280 |
| 199 | Oak Park Elementary School District 97 | $20,214 | 5,540 |
| 200 | Kankakee School District 111 | $20,193 | 4,619 |
