Regular local school district · Fayette County
St Elmo CUSD 202, IL: schools, enrollment and spending
St Elmo CUSD 202 runs 3 public schools with 390 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 13.4 students per teacher is about the same as the Illinois figure of 13.7.
At a glance
- Schools
- 3
- Students
- 390
- Teachers (FTE)
- 29
- Students per teacher
- 13.4
- IL: 13.7 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 1200 N Walnut St, Saint Elmo, IL 62458
- Phone
- (618)829-3264
- County
- Fayette County
- Locale
- Rural: Remote
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 1737230
- State district ID
- IL-03-026-2020-26
- Total staff (FTE)
- 61
- School counselors (FTE)
- 2.0About 195 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 3.0
Students per teacher compared
This district13.4
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 (422), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $7.6 million
- Federal revenue
- $892,000
- State revenue
- $4.6 million
- Local revenue
- $2.1 million
- Total spending
- $6.9 million
- Spending per pupil
- $16,315
- Salaries
- $3.2 million46.5% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $1.3 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 11.8%
- State: 60.5%
- Local: 27.7%
Illinois overall
- Federal: 7.7%
- State: 39.1%
- Local: 53.2%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$16,315
Illinois$20,743
United States$16,826
Schools in St Elmo CUSD 202
By level: 1 high, 1 middle, 1 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| St Elmo Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 6 | 222 | 13.9 |
| St Elmo Junior High SchoolCEP school | Middle | 7 to 8 | 55 | 11.0 |
| St Elmo Senior High SchoolCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 113 | 14.1 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Fayette County
- Vandalia CUSD 203 1,465 students
- Brownstown CUSD 201 427 students
- Ramsey CUSD 204 393 students
- Bnd/Chrstn/Effngh/Fytt/Mntgmr ROE 0 students
- Bond Fayette Effingham EFE 410
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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.