Regular local school district · Whiteside County
Sterling CUSD 5, IL: schools, enrollment and spending
Sterling CUSD 5 runs 6 public schools with 3,253 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 15.1 students per teacher is 1.4 higher than the Illinois figure of 13.7.
At a glance
- Schools
- 6
- Students
- 3,253
- Teachers (FTE)
- 215
- Students per teacher
- 15.1
- IL: 13.7 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 410 E Le Fevre Rd, Sterling, IL 61081
- Phone
- (815)626-5050
- County
- Whiteside County
- Locale
- Town: Distant
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 1742310
- State district ID
- IL-47-098-0050-26
- Total staff (FTE)
- 558
- School counselors (FTE)
- 11.0About 296 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 15.0
Students per teacher compared
This district15.1
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 (3,263), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $57.2 million
- Federal revenue
- $6.3 million
- State revenue
- $29.6 million
- Local revenue
- $21.2 million
- Total spending
- $52.6 million
- Spending per pupil
- $16,124
- Salaries
- $18.4 million34.9% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $23.8 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 11.1%
- State: 51.8%
- Local: 37.1%
Illinois overall
- Federal: 7.7%
- State: 39.1%
- Local: 53.2%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$16,124
Illinois$20,743
United States$16,826
Schools in Sterling CUSD 5
By level: 1 high, 1 middle, 4 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Challand Middle SchoolCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 726 | 16.5 |
| Franklin Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 2 | 407 | 13.6 |
| Jefferson Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 2 | 450 | 15.0 |
| Lincoln Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | 3 to 5 | 277 | 12.6 |
| Sterling High SchoolCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 999 | 17.5 |
| Washington Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | 3 to 5 | 394 | 12.3 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Whiteside County
- River Bend CUSD 2 998 students
- Morrison CUSD 6 973 students
- Rock Falls ESD 13 927 students
- Prophetstown-Lyndon-Tampico CUSD3 School District 738 students
- Erie CUSD 1 603 students
- Rock Falls Twp HSD 301 School District 530 students
- East Coloma - Nelson CESD 20 School District 214 students
- Montmorency CCSD 145 School District 209 students
- Bi-County Special Educ Coop 0 students
- Lee/Ogle/Whiteside ROE 0 students
- Whiteside Regional Voc System
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.