Regular local school district · McHenry County
Cary CCSD 26 School District, IL: schools, enrollment and spending
Cary CCSD 26 School District runs 5 public schools with 2,372 students in grades PK to 8. Its ratio of 13.3 students per teacher is about the same as the Illinois figure of 13.7.Listed in NCES data as "Cary CCSD 26".
At a glance
- Schools
- 5
- Students
- 2,372
- Teachers (FTE)
- 178
- Students per teacher
- 13.3
- IL: 13.7 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 2115 Crystal Lake Rd, Cary, IL 60013
- Phone
- (224)357-5100
- County
- McHenry County
- Locale
- Suburb: Large
- Grades offered
- PK to 8
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 1708730
- State district ID
- IL-44-063-0260-04
- Total staff (FTE)
- 444
- School counselors (FTE)
- 0.0
- School administrators (FTE)
- 11.0
Students per teacher compared
This district13.3
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 (2,316), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $45.9 million
- Federal revenue
- $1.7 million
- State revenue
- $17.7 million
- Local revenue
- $26.5 million
- Total spending
- $41.2 million
- Spending per pupil
- $17,779
- Salaries
- $16.5 million40.2% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $11.2 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 3.8%
- State: 38.5%
- Local: 57.8%
Illinois overall
- Federal: 7.7%
- State: 39.1%
- Local: 53.2%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$17,779
Illinois$20,743
United States$16,826
Schools in Cary CCSD 26 School District
By level: 1 middle, 4 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Briargate Elementary School | Elementary | 1 to 5 | 400 | 16.0 |
| Cary Junior High School | Middle | 6 to 8 | 761 | 12.5 |
| Deer Path Elementary School | Elementary | K to 5 | 452 | 14.6 |
| Oak Knoll Early Childhood Center | Elementary | PK to K | 316 | 16.6 |
| Three Oaks School | Elementary | K to 5 | 443 | 10.8 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in McHenry County
- CUSD 300 20,705 students
- Huntley Comm Sch Dist 158 8,401 students
- Crystal Lake CCSD 47 School District 6,889 students
- Woodstock CUSD 200 6,097 students
- Chsd 155 School District 5,203 students
- McHenry CCSD 15 School District 4,025 students
- Harvard CUSD 50 2,532 students
- McHenry CHSD 156 School District 2,214 students
- Johnsburg CUSD 12 1,681 students
- Nippersink SD 2 1,111 students
- Marengo-Union E Cons D 165 1,092 students
- Prairie Grove CSD 46 909 students
- Marengo CHSD 154 School District 685 students
- Richmond-Burton CHSD 157 School District 521 students
- Harrison SD 36 447 students
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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.