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Prairie Central CUSD 8
A public school district in Fairbury, Illinois, with 6 operational schools in 2024–25.
The district in 2024–25
- 1,712
- Students enrolled
- 140.2
- Teachers, full-time equivalent
- Derived by NCES from the state’s counts.
- 276.4
- All staff, full-time equivalent
- $15,986
- Spending per pupil, fiscal year 2023
- Current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them.
How this compares
- Students enrolled: 1,712 in 2024–25
- Ranks 5,130th of 17,800 districts by enrollment, and 233rd of 862 in Illinois. Larger than 71% of the 17,800 districts in the fifty states and DC that report an enrollment. The ranking →
- Current spending per pupil: $15,986 in fiscal year 2023
- More than 52% of the 17,189 districts with a spending figure. Current spending leaves out buildings and debt, and a district of a few pupils can spend far more per pupil than any large one.
Spending and revenue
Prairie Central CUSD 8 spent $16,593 per pupil in fiscal year 2024, against $7,306 in fiscal year 2005
Current spending per pupil, each fiscal year: current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them to NCES. In the dollars of each year, not adjusted for inflation. A year with no column is a year the survey has no figure for.
Source: The College Scorecard
About this chart
The figures
| Fiscal year | Spending per pupil | Current expenditure | Membership |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024 | $16,593 | $28.6 million | 1,722 |
| FY2023 | $15,986 | $27.6 million | 1,725 |
| FY2022 | $15,141 | $26.7 million | 1,763 |
| FY2021 | $16,196 | $28.0 million | 1,728 |
| FY2020 | $15,232 | $27.2 million | 1,784 |
| FY2019 | $14,501 | $26.3 million | 1,813 |
| FY2018 | $14,404 | $27.3 million | 1,892 |
| FY2017 | $14,331 | $28.0 million | 1,955 |
| FY2016 | $12,612 | $25.9 million | 2,050 |
| FY2015 | $11,981 | $25.5 million | 2,128 |
| FY2014 | $10,860 | $23.3 million | 2,144 |
| FY2013 | $10,370 | $22.0 million | 2,117 |
| FY2012 | $9,685 | $20.9 million | 2,159 |
| FY2011 | $9,647 | $20.8 million | 2,154 |
| FY2010 | $10,029 | $21.4 million | 2,137 |
| FY2009 | $9,113 | $20.1 million | 2,204 |
| FY2008 | $8,786 | $19.2 million | 2,187 |
| FY2007 | $8,162 | $17.9 million | 2,199 |
| FY2006 | $7,713 | $17.3 million | 2,241 |
| FY2005 | $7,306 | $16.9 million | 2,307 |
Revenue by source, fiscal year 2023
| Source | Revenue | Share of total |
|---|---|---|
| Federal | $2.6 million | 6.6% |
| State | $14.1 million | 36.6% |
| Local | $21.9 million | 56.7% |
| Total | $38.6 million |
Federal, state and local revenue as the F-33 records them. Each share is of the survey’s total revenue, so a part withheld does not inflate the others.
The district’s schools
6 operational schools, A to Z.
2 more columns on a wider screen
| School | Students |
|---|---|
| Prairie Central Elementary School | 367 |
| Prairie Central High School | 487 |
| Prairie Central Junior High School | 250 |
| Prairie Central Primary East | 148 |
| Prairie Central Primary West | 244 |
| Prairie Central Upper Elementary | 216 |
The district’s entry
- Status
- Open
- Type
- Regular public school district that is not a component of a supervisory union
- Charter status
- Not a charter district
- Grades
- Pre-kindergarten to Grade 12
- NCES district ID
- 1700005
Elsewhere
- Public schools in Illinois — enrollment, teachers and spending across the state, against the nation.
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Sources
- Common Core of Data (CCD), 2024–25 — National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education · U.S. Government work · retrieved September 30, 2026
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), 2024–25.
- School District Finance Survey (F-33), fiscal years 2005 to 2024
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), "School District Finance Survey (F-33)," fiscal years 2005 to 2024.
Compiled automatically from Common Core of Data (CCD), 2024–25 and School District Finance Survey (F-33), fiscal years 2005 to 2024 by a checked SQL query · Editor: Kian O'Connor · How this site is built
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