Regular local school district · Brown County
Brown County CUSD 1, IL: schools, enrollment and spending
Brown County CUSD 1 runs 3 public schools with 673 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 12.5 students per teacher is 1.2 lower than the Illinois figure of 13.7.
At a glance
- Schools
- 3
- Students
- 673
- Teachers (FTE)
- 54
- Students per teacher
- 12.5
- IL: 13.7 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 502 E Main St, Mt Sterling, IL 62353
- Phone
- (217)773-7401
- County
- Brown County
- Locale
- Rural: Remote
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 1727300
- State district ID
- IL-01-005-0010-26
- Total staff (FTE)
- 129
- School counselors (FTE)
- 2.0About 337 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 3.0
Students per teacher compared
This district12.5
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 (724), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $15.0 million
- Federal revenue
- $1.3 million
- State revenue
- $6.9 million
- Local revenue
- $6.8 million
- Total spending
- $13.7 million
- Spending per pupil
- $18,877
- Salaries
- $5.5 million40.0% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $8.1 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 8.9%
- State: 45.7%
- Local: 45.4%
Illinois overall
- Federal: 7.7%
- State: 39.1%
- Local: 53.2%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$18,877
Illinois$20,743
United States$16,826
Schools in Brown County CUSD 1
By level: 1 high, 1 middle, 1 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Brown County Elementary School | Elementary | PK to 4 | 270 | 13.5 |
| Brown County High School | High | 9 to 12 | 224 | 13.2 |
| Brown County Middle School | Middle | 5 to 8 | 179 | 11.2 |
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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.