Regular local school district · Jo Daviess County
Scales Mound CUSD 211, IL: schools, enrollment and spending
Scales Mound CUSD 211 runs 3 public schools with 257 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 9.5 students per teacher is 4.2 lower than the Illinois figure of 13.7.
At a glance
- Schools
- 3
- Students
- 257
- Teachers (FTE)
- 27
- Students per teacher
- 9.5
- IL: 13.7 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 210 Main St, Scales Mound, IL 61075
- Phone
- (815)845-2215
- County
- Jo Daviess County
- Locale
- Rural: Distant
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 1735610
- State district ID
- IL-08-043-2110-26
- Total staff (FTE)
- 43
- School counselors (FTE)
- 2.0About 129 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 1.0
Students per teacher compared
This district9.5
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 (267), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $7.4 million
- Federal revenue
- $262,000
- State revenue
- $2.4 million
- Local revenue
- $4.8 million
- Total spending
- $15.6 million
- Spending per pupil
- $58,438
- Salaries
- $3.0 million19.0% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $6.1 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 3.5%
- State: 32.1%
- Local: 64.4%
Illinois overall
- Federal: 7.7%
- State: 39.1%
- Local: 53.2%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$58,438
Illinois$20,743
United States$16,826
Schools in Scales Mound CUSD 211
By level: 1 high, 1 middle, 1 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Scales Mound Elementary School | Elementary | PK to 5 | 138 | 11.5 |
| Scales Mound High School | High | 9 to 12 | 67 | 6.7 |
| Scales Mound Junior High School | Middle | 6 to 8 | 52 | 10.4 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Jo Daviess County
- Galena USD 120 836 students
- East Dubuque USD 119 623 students
- Stockton CUSD 206 490 students
- River Ridge CUSD 210 443 students
- Warren CUSD 205 363 students
- Eagle Ridge Vocational Del Sys
- Northwest Sp Ed Cooperative
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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.