Regular local school district · McDonough County
Bushnell Prairie City CUSD 170, IL: schools, enrollment and spending
Bushnell Prairie City CUSD 170 runs 3 public schools with 602 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 9.0 students per teacher is 4.7 lower than the Illinois figure of 13.7.
At a glance
- Schools
- 3
- Students
- 602
- Teachers (FTE)
- 67
- Students per teacher
- 9.0
- IL: 13.7 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 845 Walnut St, Bushnell, IL 61422
- Phone
- (309)772-9461
- County
- McDonough County
- Locale
- Rural: Distant
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 1707950
- State district ID
- IL-26-062-1700-26
- Total staff (FTE)
- 147
- School counselors (FTE)
- 0.0
- School administrators (FTE)
- 4.0
Students per teacher compared
This district9.0
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 (602), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $12.4 million
- Federal revenue
- $890,000
- State revenue
- $6.7 million
- Local revenue
- $4.7 million
- Total spending
- $10.7 million
- Spending per pupil
- $17,762
- Salaries
- $4.7 million43.6% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $1.1 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 7.2%
- State: 54.5%
- Local: 38.3%
Illinois overall
- Federal: 7.7%
- State: 39.1%
- Local: 53.2%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$17,762
Illinois$20,743
United States$16,826
Schools in Bushnell Prairie City CUSD 170
By level: 1 high, 1 middle, 1 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Bushnell-Prairie City Elementary SchCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 296 | 10.2 |
| Bushnell-Prairie City High SchCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 175 | 7.6 |
| Bushnell-Prairie City Junior High SchCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 131 | 10.1 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in McDonough County
- Macomb CUSD 185 2,075 students
- West Prairie CUSD 103 573 students
- Hancck/Fultn/Schuylr/McDonogh ROE 0 students
- West Central IL Spec Educ Coop
- Western Area Career System 265
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.