Regular local school district · Livingston County
Prairie Central CUSD 8, IL: schools, enrollment and spending
Prairie Central CUSD 8 runs 6 public schools with 1,712 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 12.2 students per teacher is 1.5 lower than the Illinois figure of 13.7.
At a glance
- Schools
- 6
- Students
- 1,712
- Teachers (FTE)
- 140
- Students per teacher
- 12.2
- IL: 13.7 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 605 N 7th St, Fairbury, IL 61739
- Phone
- (815)692-2504
- County
- Livingston County
- Locale
- Rural: Distant
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 1700005
- State district ID
- IL-17-053-0080-26
- Total staff (FTE)
- 276
- School counselors (FTE)
- 2.0About 856 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 9.0
Students per teacher compared
This district12.2
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 (1,728), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $35.3 million
- Federal revenue
- $1.9 million
- State revenue
- $16.3 million
- Local revenue
- $17.1 million
- Total spending
- $30.4 million
- Spending per pupil
- $17,586
- Salaries
- $13.6 million44.7% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $2.4 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 5.3%
- State: 46.1%
- Local: 48.6%
Illinois overall
- Federal: 7.7%
- State: 39.1%
- Local: 53.2%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$17,586
Illinois$20,743
United States$16,826
Schools in Prairie Central CUSD 8
By level: 1 high, 2 middle, 3 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Prairie Central Elementary School | Elementary | 2 to 4 | 367 | 12.7 |
| Prairie Central High School | High | 9 to 12 | 487 | 11.9 |
| Prairie Central Junior High School | Middle | 7 to 8 | 250 | 12.5 |
| Prairie Central Primary East | Elementary | PK to 1 | 148 | 11.4 |
| Prairie Central Primary West | Elementary | PK to 1 | 244 | 15.2 |
| Prairie Central Upper Elementary | Middle | 5 to 6 | 216 | 12.0 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Livingston County
- Pontiac CCSD 429 School District 1,135 students
- Pontiac Twp HSD 90 School District 658 students
- Dwight Common SD 232 519 students
- Woodland CUSD 5 458 students
- Flanagan-Cornell Dist 74 School District 303 students
- Dwight Twp HSD 230 School District 211 students
- Odell CCSD 435 School District 155 students
- Cornell CCSD 426 School District 114 students
- Saunemin CCSD 438 School District 102 students
- Rooks Creek CCSD 425 School District 52 students
- Livingston Area Educ for Employ
- Livingston Co Spec Services Unit
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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.