Regular local school district · Macon County
Decatur SD 61, IL: schools, enrollment and spending
Decatur SD 61 runs 16 public schools with 7,840 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 17.2 students per teacher is 3.5 higher than the Illinois figure of 13.7.
At a glance
- Schools
- 16
- Students
- 7,840
- Teachers (FTE)
- 457
- Students per teacher
- 17.2
- IL: 13.7 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 101 W Cerro Gordo St, Decatur, IL 62523
- Phone
- (217)362-3010
- County
- Macon County
- Locale
- City: Small
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 1711850
- State district ID
- IL-39-055-0610-25
- Total staff (FTE)
- 903
- School counselors (FTE)
- 11.0About 713 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 41.0
- Charter schools
- 1
Students per teacher compared
This district17.2
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 (8,518), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $132.8 million
- Federal revenue
- $22.0 million
- State revenue
- $64.7 million
- Local revenue
- $46.1 million
- Total spending
- $162.4 million
- Spending per pupil
- $19,070
- Salaries
- $55.7 million34.3% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $127.4 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 16.5%
- State: 48.8%
- Local: 34.7%
Illinois overall
- Federal: 7.7%
- State: 39.1%
- Local: 53.2%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$19,070
Illinois$20,743
United States$16,826
Schools in Decatur SD 61
By level: 2 high, 1 middle, 11 elementary, 1 other, 1 prekindergarten. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| American Dreamer STEM AcademyCEP school | Elementary | K to 8 | 423 | 15.1 |
| Decatur Pub. Schs. Alt. EducationCEP school | Other | K to 12 | 0 | |
| Dennis Lab SchoolCEP school | Elementary | K to 8 | 579 | 16.5 |
| Eisenhower High SchoolCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 909 | 17.2 |
| Franklin Grove Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | K to 6 | 461 | 19.2 |
| Hope AcademyCEP school | Elementary | K to 8 | 501 | 13.9 |
| Johns Hill Magnet SchoolCEP school | Elementary | K to 8 | 627 | 15.3 |
| MacArthur High SchoolCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 1,059 | 20.0 |
| Michael E Baum Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | K to 6 | 313 | 18.4 |
| Montessori Academy for PeaceCEP school | Elementary | PK to 8 | 586 | 14.7 |
| Muffley Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | K to 6 | 386 | 17.5 |
| Parsons Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | K to 6 | 505 | 15.8 |
| Pershing Early Learning CenterCEP school | Prekindergarten | PK | 416 | 26.0 |
| Robertson Charter SchoolCEP schoolCharter | Elementary | PK to 8 | 327 | 29.7 |
| South Shores Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | K to 6 | 335 | 18.6 |
| Stephen Decatur Middle SchoolCEP school | Middle | 7 to 8 | 413 | 18.0 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Macon County
- Mt Zion CUSD 3 2,427 students
- Maroa Forsyth CUSD 2 1,212 students
- Warrensburg-Latham CUSD 11 1,014 students
- Meridian CUSD 15 942 students
- Argenta-Oreana CUSD 1 893 students
- Sangamon Valley CUSD 9 634 students
- Macon-Piatt Spec Educ Jnt Agr 0 students
- Macon/Piatt ROE 0 students
- Heartland Region
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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.