Regular local school district · Fayette County
Vandalia CUSD 203, IL: schools, enrollment and spending
Vandalia CUSD 203 runs 3 public schools with 1,465 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 12.6 students per teacher is 1.1 lower than the Illinois figure of 13.7.
At a glance
- Schools
- 3
- Students
- 1,465
- Teachers (FTE)
- 116
- Students per teacher
- 12.6
- IL: 13.7 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 1109 N 8th St, Vandalia, IL 62471
- Phone
- (618)283-4525
- County
- Fayette County
- Locale
- Town: Remote
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 1740140
- State district ID
- IL-03-026-2030-26
- Total staff (FTE)
- 285
- School counselors (FTE)
- 4.0About 366 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 8.0
Students per teacher compared
This district12.6
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 (1,428), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $27.3 million
- Federal revenue
- $2.6 million
- State revenue
- $15.8 million
- Local revenue
- $8.9 million
- Total spending
- $24.6 million
- Spending per pupil
- $17,232
- Salaries
- $10.8 million43.8% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $11.9 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 9.6%
- State: 57.9%
- Local: 32.4%
Illinois overall
- Federal: 7.7%
- State: 39.1%
- Local: 53.2%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$17,232
Illinois$20,743
United States$16,826
Schools in Vandalia CUSD 203
By level: 1 high, 1 middle, 1 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Vandalia Community High SchoolCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 411 | 10.0 |
| Vandalia Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 3 | 552 | 14.9 |
| Vandalia Junior High SchoolCEP school | Middle | 4 to 8 | 502 | 13.9 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Fayette County
- Brownstown CUSD 201 427 students
- Ramsey CUSD 204 393 students
- St Elmo CUSD 202 390 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.