Regular local school district · Effingham County
Effingham CUSD 40, IL: schools, enrollment and spending
Effingham CUSD 40 runs 6 public schools with 2,261 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 13.0 students per teacher is 0.7 lower than the Illinois figure of 13.7.
At a glance
- Schools
- 6
- Students
- 2,261
- Teachers (FTE)
- 174
- Students per teacher
- 13.0
- IL: 13.7 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 2803 S Banker St, Effingham, IL 62401
- Phone
- (217)540-1500
- County
- Effingham County
- Locale
- Town: Remote
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 1713560
- State district ID
- IL-03-025-0400-26
- Total staff (FTE)
- 451
- School counselors (FTE)
- 7.0About 323 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 10.0
Students per teacher compared
This district13.0
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 (2,459), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $38.9 million
- Federal revenue
- $2.6 million
- State revenue
- $16.3 million
- Local revenue
- $20.0 million
- Total spending
- $40.0 million
- Spending per pupil
- $16,285
- Salaries
- $16.1 million40.1% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $21.2 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 6.7%
- State: 42.0%
- Local: 51.4%
Illinois overall
- Federal: 7.7%
- State: 39.1%
- Local: 53.2%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$16,285
Illinois$20,743
United States$16,826
Schools in Effingham CUSD 40
By level: 1 high, 1 middle, 3 elementary, 1 prekindergarten. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Central Grade SchoolCEP school | Elementary | 2 to 5 | 547 | 13.0 |
| Early Learning CenterCEP school | Elementary | K | 175 | 10.9 |
| Effingham High SchoolCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 712 | 14.2 |
| Effingham Junior High SchoolCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 458 | 13.1 |
| Effingham Unit 40 Preschool | Prekindergarten | PK | 121 | 24.2 |
| South Side Grade SchoolCEP school | Elementary | 1 to 2 | 248 | 9.9 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Effingham County
- Teutopolis CUSD 50 1,125 students
- Altamont CUSD 10 684 students
- Dieterich CUSD 30 632 students
- Beecher City CUSD 20 361 students
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.