The district's balanced academic competitiveness, accreditation, recognition for excellence, instructional expenditures, and small class size have received national acknowledgment.

The district's instructional expenditure per student is $4,751.

The honor is given to the top 16% of the 15,571 public school districts that SchoolMatch monitors, based on criteria compiled through over 97,000 parent questionnaires: academics, instructional expenditures, secondary-level programs, and more.

The district's instructional expenditure per student was $4,289.

For example, the above cited 2005 high school district Report Card shows the Illinois State average instructional expenditure per pupil at $5,216, but Seneca was able to provide $8,647 in instructional expenditures per pupil.

The instructional expenditure per pupil for the 2007-2008 school year was $8,028 (compared to a statewide average of $6,103).