Regular local school district · McHenry County
Marengo-Union E Cons D 165, IL: schools, enrollment and spending
Marengo-Union E Cons D 165 runs 3 public schools with 1,092 students in grades PK to 8. Its ratio of 15.4 students per teacher is 1.7 higher than the Illinois figure of 13.7.
At a glance
- Schools
- 3
- Students
- 1,092
- Teachers (FTE)
- 71
- Students per teacher
- 15.4
- IL: 13.7 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 816 E Grant Hwy, Marengo, IL 60152
- Phone
- (815)568-8323
- County
- McHenry County
- Locale
- Town: Fringe
- Grades offered
- PK to 8
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 1700077
- State district ID
- IL-44-063-1650-03
- Total staff (FTE)
- 192
- School counselors (FTE)
- 1.0About 1,092 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 5.0
Students per teacher compared
This district15.4
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 (988), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $17.5 million
- Federal revenue
- $1.1 million
- State revenue
- $7.2 million
- Local revenue
- $9.2 million
- Total spending
- $16.5 million
- Spending per pupil
- $16,666
- Salaries
- $7.2 million43.7% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $2.5 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 6.3%
- State: 41.1%
- Local: 52.5%
Illinois overall
- Federal: 7.7%
- State: 39.1%
- Local: 53.2%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$16,666
Illinois$20,743
United States$16,826
Schools in Marengo-Union E Cons D 165
By level: 1 middle, 2 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Locust Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 3 | 501 | 14.7 |
| Marengo Comm Middle SchoolCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 342 | 16.3 |
| Ulysses S Grant Intermediate SchCEP school | Elementary | 4 to 5 | 249 | 16.6 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in McHenry County
- CUSD 300 20,705 students
- Huntley Comm Sch Dist 158 8,401 students
- Crystal Lake CCSD 47 School District 6,889 students
- Woodstock CUSD 200 6,097 students
- Chsd 155 School District 5,203 students
- McHenry CCSD 15 School District 4,025 students
- Harvard CUSD 50 2,532 students
- Cary CCSD 26 School District 2,372 students
- McHenry CHSD 156 School District 2,214 students
- Johnsburg CUSD 12 1,681 students
- Nippersink SD 2 1,111 students
- Prairie Grove CSD 46 909 students
- Marengo CHSD 154 School District 685 students
- Richmond-Burton CHSD 157 School District 521 students
- Harrison SD 36 447 students
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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.