About Evanston CCSD 65
Evanston CCSD 65 is a public school system serving Cook County, Illinois, based in Evanston. It serves 6,136 students across 17 schools spanning PreK–8, and is classified as a city: small district. By enrollment it is the #44 largest of Illinois’s 862 school systems.
Size and structure
Evanston CCSD 65 enrolls 6,136 students in 17 schools — an average of about 361 students per school. It serves grades PreK–8 and ranks #44 of 862 statewide by enrollment.
Who the district serves
Student race and ethnicity in Evanston CCSD 65, from the NCES Common Core of Data (6,136 students reported):
For economically-disadvantaged, English-learner, and special-education shares, plus school-by-school detail, see the federal sources in the full-data section.
Teachers & staff
Evanston CCSD 65 employs about 605 full-time-equivalent teachers for a student–teacher ratio of 10.1:1 — below the Illinois average of about 13.6:1, meaning comparatively smaller classes. Total district staff is roughly 1,331.
Counselor and librarian/media counts are not published at the district level in the current NCES release; see the federal full-data links for staffing detail.
How Illinois funds schools
District-level per-pupil spending and the local/state/federal revenue split for Evanston CCSD 65 are published in the federal school-finance files — see the full-data links below for the current figures.
Report card & state results
Illinois publishes the Illinois Report Card each year, reporting achievement and growth in English language arts and math, graduation, attendance, finances and climate, and assigns each school a summative designation (Exemplary, Commendable, Targeted or Comprehensive Support). Look up Evanston CCSD 65 on the Illinois Report Card.
Accreditation status
Illinois does not use an outside accreditor for public districts; the Illinois State Board of Education grants official recognition status based on compliance with state standards, and private accreditation (for example through Cognia) is voluntary. See ISBE’s public-school recognition.
Evanston CCSD 65 vs. Illinois
See every Illinois district side by side in the Illinois directory.
Look up Evanston CCSD 65’s full data
These official sources carry the district-level detail — finances, discipline, equity, test scores, boundaries. Direct links for this district (via its NCES ID):