Regular local school district · Macoupin County
Gillespie CUSD 7, IL: schools, enrollment and spending
Gillespie CUSD 7 runs 3 public schools with 1,095 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
- 3
- Students
- 1,095
- Teachers (FTE)
- 84
- Students per teacher
- 13.0
- IL: 13.7 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 510 W Elm St, Gillespie, IL 62033
- Phone
- (217)839-2464
- County
- Macoupin County
- Locale
- Town: Distant
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 1716680
- State district ID
- IL-40-056-0070-26
- Total staff (FTE)
- 180
- School counselors (FTE)
- 0.0
- School administrators (FTE)
- 4.0
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 (1,145), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $21.8 million
- Federal revenue
- $2.1 million
- State revenue
- $15.6 million
- Local revenue
- $4.0 million
- Total spending
- $20.8 million
- Spending per pupil
- $18,155
- Salaries
- $8.0 million38.6% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $12.0 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 9.7%
- State: 71.7%
- Local: 18.5%
Illinois overall
- Federal: 7.7%
- State: 39.1%
- Local: 53.2%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$18,155
Illinois$20,743
United States$16,826
Schools in Gillespie CUSD 7
By level: 1 high, 1 middle, 1 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Ben-Gil Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 523 | 12.5 |
| Gillespie High SchoolCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 328 | 13.1 |
| Gillespie Middle SchoolCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 244 | 14.4 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Macoupin County
- Carlinville CUSD 1 1,282 students
- Staunton CUSD 6 1,165 students
- North Mac CUSD 34 1,155 students
- Southwestern CUSD 9 1,149 students
- Bunker Hill CUSD 8 573 students
- Mount Olive CUSD 5 479 students
- Northwestern CUSD 2 323 students
- Calhoun/Greene/Jersy/Macoupin ROE 0 students
- South Macoupin Association
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.