Regular local school district · Coles County
Charleston CUSD 1, IL: schools, enrollment and spending
Charleston CUSD 1 runs 6 public schools with 2,744 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 14.8 students per teacher is 1.1 higher than the Illinois figure of 13.7.
At a glance
- Schools
- 6
- Students
- 2,744
- Teachers (FTE)
- 185
- Students per teacher
- 14.8
- IL: 13.7 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 410 W Polk Ave, Charleston, IL 61920
- Phone
- (217)639-1000
- County
- Coles County
- Locale
- Town: Remote
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 1709600
- State district ID
- IL-11-015-0010-26
- Total staff (FTE)
- 404
- School counselors (FTE)
- 6.0About 457 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 10.0
Students per teacher compared
This district14.8
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 (2,651), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $41.3 million
- Federal revenue
- $3.9 million
- State revenue
- $19.4 million
- Local revenue
- $17.9 million
- Total spending
- $38.9 million
- Spending per pupil
- $14,668
- Salaries
- $14.3 million36.8% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $12.1 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 9.4%
- State: 47.1%
- Local: 43.5%
Illinois overall
- Federal: 7.7%
- State: 39.1%
- Local: 53.2%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$14,668
Illinois$20,743
United States$16,826
Schools in Charleston CUSD 1
By level: 1 high, 2 middle, 3 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Ashmore Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | K to 4 | 74 | 9.2 |
| Carl Sandburg Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | 1 to 3 | 555 | 14.2 |
| Charleston High SchoolCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 795 | 16.6 |
| Charleston Middle SchoolCEP school | Middle | 7 to 8 | 401 | 13.4 |
| Jefferson Elementary SchoolCEP school | Middle | 4 to 6 | 698 | 16.2 |
| Mark Twain Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to K | 221 | 13.8 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Coles County
- Mattoon CUSD 2 2,983 students
- Oakland CUSD 5 246 students
- Clk/Cls/Cmbn/Dglas/Edgr/Mltr/Shlb 0 students
- Eastern IL Area of Spec Educ 0 students
- Eastern IL EFE System
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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.