Regular local school district · Stephenson County
Freeport SD 145, IL: schools, enrollment and spending
Freeport SD 145 runs 8 public schools with 3,703 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 12.9 students per teacher is 0.8 lower than the Illinois figure of 13.7.
At a glance
- Schools
- 8
- Students
- 3,703
- Teachers (FTE)
- 286
- Students per teacher
- 12.9
- IL: 13.7 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 501 E South St, Freeport, IL 61032
- Phone
- (815)232-0309
- County
- Stephenson County
- Locale
- Town: Distant
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 1715900
- State district ID
- IL-08-089-1450-22
- Total staff (FTE)
- 962
- School counselors (FTE)
- 9.0About 411 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 24.0
Students per teacher compared
This district12.9
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 (3,581), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $72.0 million
- Federal revenue
- $8.1 million
- State revenue
- $36.3 million
- Local revenue
- $27.6 million
- Total spending
- $73.0 million
- Spending per pupil
- $20,384
- Salaries
- $31.7 million43.4% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $38.9 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 11.3%
- State: 50.4%
- Local: 38.3%
Illinois overall
- Federal: 7.7%
- State: 39.1%
- Local: 53.2%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$20,384
Illinois$20,743
United States$16,826
Schools in Freeport SD 145
By level: 1 high, 2 middle, 5 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Blackhawk Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 4 | 361 | 14.4 |
| Carl Sandburg Middle SchCEP school | Middle | 5 to 6 | 430 | 11.6 |
| Center Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 4 | 262 | 12.5 |
| Empire Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 4 | 295 | 12.3 |
| Freeport High SchoolCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 1,165 | 13.4 |
| Freeport Middle SchoolCEP school | Middle | 7 to 8 | 515 | 14.3 |
| Jones-Farrar Intl BaccalaureateCEP school | Elementary | K to 6 | 350 | 13.0 |
| Lincoln-Douglas Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 4 | 325 | 13.0 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Stephenson County
- Lena Winslow CUSD 202 817 students
- Dakota CUSD 201 754 students
- Pearl City CUSD 200 418 students
- Orangeville CUSD 203 330 students
- Carroll/Jo Daviess/Stephenson ROE 0 students
- Career & Tech Educ Consortium
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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.