Regular local school district · Union County
Cobden SUD 17 School District, IL: schools, enrollment and spending
Cobden SUD 17 School District runs 3 public schools with 454 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 10.3 students per teacher is 3.4 lower than the Illinois figure of 13.7.Listed in NCES data as "Cobden SUD 17".
At a glance
- Schools
- 3
- Students
- 454
- Teachers (FTE)
- 44
- Students per teacher
- 10.3
- IL: 13.7 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 413 N Appleknocker St, Cobden, IL 62920
- Phone
- (618)893-2313
- County
- Union County
- Locale
- Rural: Distant
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 1710570
- State district ID
- IL-30-091-0170-22
- Total staff (FTE)
- 62
- School counselors (FTE)
- 1.0About 454 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 1.0
Students per teacher compared
This district10.3
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 (484), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $8.2 million
- Federal revenue
- $455,000
- State revenue
- $5.9 million
- Local revenue
- $1.9 million
- Total spending
- $8.1 million
- Spending per pupil
- $16,719
- Salaries
- $3.4 million42.1% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $1.3 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 5.5%
- State: 71.5%
- Local: 23.0%
Illinois overall
- Federal: 7.7%
- State: 39.1%
- Local: 53.2%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$16,719
Illinois$20,743
United States$16,826
Schools in Cobden SUD 17 School District
By level: 1 high, 1 middle, 1 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Cobden Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 223 | 10.1 |
| Cobden High SchoolCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 135 | 10.4 |
| Cobden Junior High SchoolCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 96 | 12.0 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Union County
- Anna CCSD 37 School District 593 students
- Anna Jonesboro CHSD 81 School District 476 students
- County of Union Sch Dist No43 338 students
- Shawnee CUSD 84 270 students
- Dongola USD 66 221 students
- Lick Creek CCSD 16 School District 126 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.