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Dolton SD 149, IL: schools, enrollment and spending
Dolton SD 149 runs 8 public schools with 2,192 students in grades PK to 8. Its ratio of 20.1 students per teacher is 6.4 higher than the Illinois figure of 13.7.
At a glance
- Schools
- 8
- Students
- 2,192
- Teachers (FTE)
- 109
- Students per teacher
- 20.1
- IL: 13.7 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 292 Torrence Ave, Calumet City, IL 60409
- Phone
- (708)868-7861
- County
- Cook County
- Locale
- Suburb: Large
- Grades offered
- PK to 8
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 1712420
- State district ID
- IL-07-016-1490-02
- Total staff (FTE)
- 180
- School counselors (FTE)
- 1.0About 2,192 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 12.0
Students per teacher compared
This district20.1
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 (2,423), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $46.8 million
- Federal revenue
- $5.6 million
- State revenue
- $28.2 million
- Local revenue
- $13.1 million
- Total spending
- $42.5 million
- Spending per pupil
- $17,522
- Salaries
- $21.1 million49.6% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $17.5 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 11.9%
- State: 60.2%
- Local: 27.9%
Illinois overall
- Federal: 7.7%
- State: 39.1%
- Local: 53.2%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$17,522
Illinois$20,743
United States$16,826
Schools in Dolton SD 149
By level: 3 middle, 5 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Berger-Vandenberg Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | K to 5 | 266 | 19.0 |
| Carol Moseley Braun SchoolCEP school | Elementary | K to 5 | 264 | 16.5 |
| Caroline Sibley Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | K to 5 | 434 | 25.5 |
| Creative Communications AcadCEP school | Middle | 6 | 246 | 20.5 |
| Diekman Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 227 | 18.9 |
| New Beginnings Learning AcademyCEP school | Elementary | K to 5 | 288 | 19.2 |
| S T E M AcademyCEP school | Middle | 8 | 243 | 22.1 |
| School of Fine ArtsCEP school | Middle | 7 | 224 | 20.4 |
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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.