Regular local school district · Sangamon County
Ball Chatham CUSD 5, IL: schools, enrollment and spending
Ball Chatham CUSD 5 runs 6 public schools with 4,516 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 17.3 students per teacher is 3.6 higher than the Illinois figure of 13.7.
At a glance
- Schools
- 6
- Students
- 4,516
- Teachers (FTE)
- 261
- Students per teacher
- 17.3
- IL: 13.7 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 1475 E Plummer Blvd, Chatham, IL 62629
- Phone
- (217)483-2416
- County
- Sangamon County
- Locale
- Suburb: Midsize
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 1704920
- State district ID
- IL-51-084-0050-26
- Total staff (FTE)
- 595
- School counselors (FTE)
- 13.0About 347 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 18.0
Students per teacher compared
This district17.3
Illinois13.7
United States15.3
2020 finance data
From the F-33 School District Finance Survey for fiscal year 2020, in nominal dollars. Enrollment used for per-pupil figures is the finance survey count (4,696), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $61.6 million
- Federal revenue
- $3.8 million
- State revenue
- $12.9 million
- Local revenue
- $44.9 million
- Total spending
- $47.0 million
- Spending per pupil
- $10,017
- Salaries
- $26.5 million56.3% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $38.1 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 6.2%
- State: 20.9%
- Local: 72.9%
Illinois overall
- Federal: 7.7%
- State: 39.1%
- Local: 53.2%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$10,017
Illinois$20,743
United States$16,826
Schools in Ball Chatham CUSD 5
By level: 1 high, 2 middle, 3 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Ball Elementary School | Elementary | PK to 4 | 552 | 18.4 |
| Chatham Elementary School | Elementary | K to 4 | 500 | 16.7 |
| Glenwood Elementary School | Elementary | K to 4 | 573 | 15.9 |
| Glenwood High School | High | 9 to 12 | 1,484 | 17.7 |
| Glenwood Intermediate Sch | Middle | 5 to 6 | 672 | 18.2 |
| Glenwood Middle School | Middle | 7 to 8 | 735 | 17.5 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Sangamon County
- Springfield SD 186 13,014 students
- Rochester CUSD 3A 2,012 students
- Williamsville CUSD 15 1,458 students
- Pleasant Plains CUSD 8 1,294 students
- Riverton CUSD 14 1,219 students
- Auburn CUSD 10 1,055 students
- New Berlin CUSD 16 863 students
- Pawnee CUSD 11 572 students
- Tri City CUSD 1 564 students
- Menard/Sangamon ROE 0 students
- Regional Office of Car/Tech Educ
- Sangamon Area Spec Ed Dist
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Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Finance figures are 2020 finance data in nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.