Regular local school district · Piatt County
Bement CUSD 5, IL: schools, enrollment and spending
Bement CUSD 5 runs 3 public schools with 291 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 11.2 students per teacher is 2.5 lower than the Illinois figure of 13.7.
At a glance
- Schools
- 3
- Students
- 291
- Teachers (FTE)
- 26
- Students per teacher
- 11.2
- IL: 13.7 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 201 S Champaign St, Bement, IL 61813
- Phone
- (217)678-4200
- County
- Piatt County
- Locale
- Rural: Distant
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 1705820
- State district ID
- IL-39-074-0050-26
- Total staff (FTE)
- 50
- School counselors (FTE)
- 1.0About 291 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 2.0
Students per teacher compared
This district11.2
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 (278), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $6.5 million
- Federal revenue
- $383,000
- State revenue
- $2.1 million
- Local revenue
- $3.9 million
- Total spending
- $5.5 million
- Spending per pupil
- $19,712
- Salaries
- $2.1 million37.5% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $3.8 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 5.9%
- State: 33.0%
- Local: 61.1%
Illinois overall
- Federal: 7.7%
- State: 39.1%
- Local: 53.2%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$19,712
Illinois$20,743
United States$16,826
Schools in Bement CUSD 5
By level: 1 high, 1 middle, 1 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Bement Elementary School | Elementary | PK to 5 | 143 | 11.9 |
| Bement High School | High | 9 to 12 | 85 | 10.6 |
| Bement Middle School | Middle | 6 to 8 | 63 | 12.6 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Piatt County
- Monticello CUSD 25 1,707 students
- Cerro Gordo CUSD 100 474 students
- Deland-Weldon CUSD 57 173 students
More in Illinois
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.