Pembroke Consolidated Community School District 259 had $460,000 in long-term school debt as of fiscal year 2024, according to the Illinois State Board of Education .

Based on the school district's enrollment of 189 students in the 2023-24 school year, that debt amounts to approximately $243,386 per student.

Black students made up the largest share of the student body at 49.2% (93), followed by Hispanic students at 38.6% as the second-largest group, with 73 students.

The school district, located in Kankakee County, ranked 687th among Illinois school districts based on the total outstanding debt in the 2023-24 school year. That represents 29.6% of the district's borrowing capacity, which is determined by its Equalized Assessed Value (EAV), the taxable property value that sets legal deb

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