Regular local school district · Monroe County
Waterloo CUSD 5, IL: schools, enrollment and spending
Waterloo CUSD 5 runs 5 public schools with 2,767 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 16.4 students per teacher is 2.7 higher than the Illinois figure of 13.7.
At a glance
- Schools
- 5
- Students
- 2,767
- Teachers (FTE)
- 169
- Students per teacher
- 16.4
- IL: 13.7 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 302 Bellefontaine Dr, Waterloo, IL 62298
- Phone
- (618)939-3453
- County
- Monroe County
- Locale
- Town: Fringe
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 1741070
- State district ID
- IL-45-067-0050-26
- Total staff (FTE)
- 355
- School counselors (FTE)
- 3.0About 922 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 8.0
Students per teacher compared
This district16.4
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 (2,687), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $41.3 million
- Federal revenue
- $1.2 million
- State revenue
- $16.5 million
- Local revenue
- $23.6 million
- Total spending
- $37.3 million
- Spending per pupil
- $13,895
- Salaries
- $14.6 million39.1% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $38.8 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 2.9%
- State: 39.9%
- Local: 57.2%
Illinois overall
- Federal: 7.7%
- State: 39.1%
- Local: 53.2%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$13,895
Illinois$20,743
United States$16,826
Schools in Waterloo CUSD 5
By level: 1 high, 1 middle, 3 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Gardner Elementary School | Elementary | 4 to 5 | 374 | 16.3 |
| Rogers Elementary School | Elementary | 2 to 3 | 417 | 16.0 |
| W J Zahnow Elementary School | Elementary | PK to 1 | 487 | 14.8 |
| Waterloo High School | High | 9 to 12 | 876 | 17.2 |
| Waterloo Junior High School | Middle | 6 to 8 | 613 | 17.0 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Monroe County
- Columbia CUSD 4 1,904 students
- Valmeyer CUSD 3 335 students
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.