Regular local school district · Logan County
Lincoln ESD 27, IL: schools, enrollment and spending
Lincoln ESD 27 runs 5 public schools with 1,056 students in grades PK to 8. Its ratio of 12.3 students per teacher is 1.4 lower than the Illinois figure of 13.7.
At a glance
- Schools
- 5
- Students
- 1,056
- Teachers (FTE)
- 86
- Students per teacher
- 12.3
- IL: 13.7 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 304 8th St, Lincoln, IL 62656
- Phone
- (217)732-2522
- County
- Logan County
- Locale
- Town: Distant
- Grades offered
- PK to 8
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 1722980
- State district ID
- IL-17-054-0270-02
- Total staff (FTE)
- 200
- School counselors (FTE)
- 0.0
- School administrators (FTE)
- 5.0
Students per teacher compared
This district12.3
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 (1,086), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $20.2 million
- Federal revenue
- $2.1 million
- State revenue
- $12.3 million
- Local revenue
- $5.8 million
- Total spending
- $19.3 million
- Spending per pupil
- $17,797
- Salaries
- $7.7 million39.9% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $9.4 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 10.2%
- State: 61.2%
- Local: 28.6%
Illinois overall
- Federal: 7.7%
- State: 39.1%
- Local: 53.2%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$17,797
Illinois$20,743
United States$16,826
Schools in Lincoln ESD 27
By level: 1 middle, 4 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Adams Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 2 | 57 | 7.1 |
| Central Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 183 | 14.1 |
| Lincoln Junior High SchoolCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 321 | 11.9 |
| Northwest Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | K to 5 | 271 | 14.3 |
| Washington-Monroe Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | K to 5 | 224 | 13.2 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Logan County
- Lincoln CHSD 404 School District 764 students
- Mt Pulaski CUSD 23 547 students
- Chester-East Lincoln CCSD 61 School District 288 students
- West Lincoln-Broadwell ESD 92 217 students
- Hartsburg Emden CUSD 21 175 students
- New Holland-Middletown ED 88 School District 70 students
- Lincolnland Reg Del System
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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.