Regular local school district · LaSalle County
Tonica CCSD 79 School District, IL: schools, enrollment and spending
Tonica CCSD 79 School District runs 1 public school with 98 students in grades PK to 8. Its ratio of 8.2 students per teacher is 5.5 lower than the Illinois figure of 13.7.Listed in NCES data as "Tonica CCSD 79".
At a glance
- Schools
- 1
- Students
- 98
- Teachers (FTE)
- 12
- Students per teacher
- 8.2
- IL: 13.7 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 535 N 1981st Rd, Tonica, IL 61370
- Phone
- (815)442-3420
- County
- LaSalle County
- Locale
- Rural: Distant
- Grades offered
- PK to 8
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 1739180
- State district ID
- IL-35-050-0790-04
- Total staff (FTE)
- 21
- School counselors (FTE)
- 0.0
- School administrators (FTE)
- 2.0
Students per teacher compared
This district8.2
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 (133), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $3.2 million
- Federal revenue
- $155,000
- State revenue
- $1.5 million
- Local revenue
- $1.5 million
- Total spending
- $3.0 million
- Spending per pupil
- $22,579
- Salaries
- $894,00029.8% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $404,000
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 4.9%
- State: 46.7%
- Local: 48.4%
Illinois overall
- Federal: 7.7%
- State: 39.1%
- Local: 53.2%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$22,579
Illinois$20,743
United States$16,826
Schools in Tonica CCSD 79 School District
By level: 1 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Tonica Grade School | Elementary | PK to 8 | 98 | 8.2 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in LaSalle County
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- Peru ESD 124 966 students
- La Salle ESD 122 919 students
- Streator Twp HSD 40 School District 764 students
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- Marseilles ESD 150 528 students
- Mendota Twp HSD 280 School District 493 students
- Seneca CCSD 170 School District 465 students
- Oglesby ESD 125 444 students
- Wallace CCSD 195 School District 420 students
- Earlville CUSD 9 405 students
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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.