Regular local school district · Fulton County
Lewistown CUSD 97, IL: schools, enrollment and spending
Lewistown CUSD 97 runs 2 public schools with 588 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 12.5 students per teacher is 1.2 lower than the Illinois figure of 13.7.
At a glance
- Schools
- 2
- Students
- 588
- Teachers (FTE)
- 47
- Students per teacher
- 12.5
- IL: 13.7 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 15501 E Avenue L, Lewistown, IL 61542
- Phone
- (309)547-5826
- County
- Fulton County
- Locale
- Rural: Remote
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 1700153
- State district ID
- IL-26-029-0970-26
- Total staff (FTE)
- 100
- School counselors (FTE)
- 0.0
- School administrators (FTE)
- 3.0
Students per teacher compared
This district12.5
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 (595), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $11.4 million
- Federal revenue
- $784,000
- State revenue
- $6.2 million
- Local revenue
- $4.4 million
- Total spending
- $10.2 million
- Spending per pupil
- $17,212
- Salaries
- $4.1 million40.0% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $750,000
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 6.9%
- State: 54.6%
- Local: 38.5%
Illinois overall
- Federal: 7.7%
- State: 39.1%
- Local: 53.2%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$17,212
Illinois$20,743
United States$16,826
Schools in Lewistown CUSD 97
By level: 1 high, 1 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Central Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 6 | 326 | 13.0 |
| Lewistown Junior/Senior High SchoolCEP school | High | 7 to 12 | 262 | 11.9 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Fulton County
- Canton Union SD 66 2,094 students
- CUSD 3 Fulton County 386 students
- V I T CUSD 2 327 students
- Astoria CUSD 1 277 students
- Spoon River Valley CUSD 4 236 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.