Regular local school district · Crawford County
Palestine CUSD 3, IL: schools, enrollment and spending
Palestine CUSD 3 runs 2 public schools with 354 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 11.8 students per teacher is 1.9 lower than the Illinois figure of 13.7.
At a glance
- Schools
- 2
- Students
- 354
- Teachers (FTE)
- 30
- Students per teacher
- 11.8
- IL: 13.7 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 205 S Washington St, Palestine, IL 62451
- Phone
- (618)586-2713
- County
- Crawford County
- Locale
- Rural: Distant
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 1730480
- State district ID
- IL-12-017-0030-26
- Total staff (FTE)
- 94
- School counselors (FTE)
- 1.0About 354 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 1.0
Students per teacher compared
This district11.8
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 (305), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $5.3 million
- Federal revenue
- $521,000
- State revenue
- $2.7 million
- Local revenue
- $2.1 million
- Total spending
- $4.9 million
- Spending per pupil
- $15,931
- Salaries
- $2.1 million43.9% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $592,000
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 9.9%
- State: 50.7%
- Local: 39.4%
Illinois overall
- Federal: 7.7%
- State: 39.1%
- Local: 53.2%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$15,931
Illinois$20,743
United States$16,826
Schools in Palestine CUSD 3
By level: 1 high, 1 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Palestine Grade SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 8 | 274 | 13.0 |
| Palestine High SchoolCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 80 | 8.9 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Crawford County
- Robinson CUSD 2 1,537 students
- Oblong CUSD 4 526 students
- Hutsonville CUSD 1 267 students
- Clay/Cwford/Jsper/Lwrnce/Rhland 0 students
- Twin Rivers Career & Tech Ed Sys
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.