Regular local school district · Calhoun County
Brussels CUSD 42, IL: schools, enrollment and spending
Brussels CUSD 42 runs 2 public schools with 109 students in grades K to 12. Its ratio of 8.4 students per teacher is 5.3 lower than the Illinois figure of 13.7.
At a glance
- Schools
- 2
- Students
- 109
- Teachers (FTE)
- 13
- Students per teacher
- 8.4
- IL: 13.7 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 155 School St, Brussels, IL 62013
- Phone
- (618)883-2131
- County
- Calhoun County
- Locale
- Rural: Distant
- Grades offered
- K to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 1700102
- State district ID
- IL-40-007-0420-26
- Total staff (FTE)
- 31
- School counselors (FTE)
- 0.0
- School administrators (FTE)
- 1.0
Students per teacher compared
This district8.4
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 (115), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $2.9 million
- Federal revenue
- $175,000
- State revenue
- $1.0 million
- Local revenue
- $1.7 million
- Total spending
- $3.0 million
- Spending per pupil
- $26,417
- Salaries
- $1.2 million39.5% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $88,000
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 6.0%
- State: 35.3%
- Local: 58.7%
Illinois overall
- Federal: 7.7%
- State: 39.1%
- Local: 53.2%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$26,417
Illinois$20,743
United States$16,826
Schools in Brussels CUSD 42
By level: 1 high, 1 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Brussels Grade School | Elementary | K to 7 | 67 | 13.4 |
| Brussels High School | High | 7 to 12 | 42 | 6.0 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Calhoun County
- Calhoun CUSD 40 507 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.