Regular local school district · Randolph County
Chester CUSD 139, IL: schools, enrollment and spending
Chester CUSD 139 runs 2 public schools with 975 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 13.9 students per teacher is about the same as the Illinois figure of 13.7.
At a glance
- Schools
- 2
- Students
- 975
- Teachers (FTE)
- 70
- Students per teacher
- 13.9
- IL: 13.7 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 1940 Swanwick St, Chester, IL 62233
- Phone
- (618)826-4509
- County
- Randolph County
- Locale
- Town: Remote
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 1709810
- State district ID
- IL-45-079-1390-26
- Total staff (FTE)
- 181
- School counselors (FTE)
- 1.0About 975 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 4.0
Students per teacher compared
This district13.9
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 (970), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $15.0 million
- Federal revenue
- $1.1 million
- State revenue
- $9.3 million
- Local revenue
- $4.6 million
- Total spending
- $14.0 million
- Spending per pupil
- $14,420
- Salaries
- $5.3 million38.2% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $6.9 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 7.0%
- State: 62.3%
- Local: 30.7%
Illinois overall
- Federal: 7.7%
- State: 39.1%
- Local: 53.2%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$14,420
Illinois$20,743
United States$16,826
Schools in Chester CUSD 139
By level: 1 high, 1 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Chester Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 8 | 640 | 13.1 |
| Chester High SchoolCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 335 | 16.0 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Randolph County
- Sparta CUSD 140 1,153 students
- Red Bud CUSD 132 978 students
- Steeleville CUSD 138 471 students
- Coulterville USD 1 185 students
- Prairie Du Rocher CCSD 134 School District 114 students
- Monroe/Randolph ROE 0 students
- Chester N HSD 122 School District
- Okaw Regional Voc System
- Perandoe Spec Educ District
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.