School district · Illinois

Harrisburg CUSD 3

Harrisburg CUSD 3 in Illinois: 5 public schools with 1,781 students and 12.3 students per teacher in the 2024–25 school year. It spent $17,341 per student in FY2024.

Schools: 5
Students: 1,781
Students per teacher: 12.3; IL 13.5 · US 15.1
Spending per student: $17,341; IL $21.4K · US $17.6K

Staff

Full-time equivalents reported by the district. Ratios are students per staff member: lower means more staff for each student, not better results.

Teachers (FTE): 145
Counselors (FTE): 3.0
Students per counselor: 594; IL 414 · US 357
Psychologists (FTE): 0.8; Librarians (FTE): 0.0

State test results

Share of students scoring proficient or above on Illinois's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.

Reading and writing

Illinois: 53%

53%proficient

New test or proficiency bar this year: not comparable with the year before.

A lower share proficient than 56% of school districts in Illinois

Median 56% · 514 school districts compared

649 students tested, grades 3, 4, 5, 6, 8 · IAR; proficient means Levels 3-4 Approximate: the state published a range or left out some grades.

Math

Illinois: 39%

28%proficient

New test or proficiency bar this year: not comparable with the year before.

A lower share proficient than 61% of school districts in Illinois

Median 33% · 561 school districts compared

764 students tested, grades 3–8 · IAR; proficient means Levels 3-4

Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.

Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.

Money

Current spending pays for staff, services and supplies; buildings and debt are counted apart. It follows local costs and needs (special education, long bus routes), so it is a comparison, not a grade.

Spending per student, 2015–2024

$9.8K15

$10.5K16

$12.0K17

$16.3K18

$10.6K19

$14.3K20

$16.2K22

$17.7K23

$17.3K24

Where the money comes from (FY2024)

Federal: 13% · $4.6M
State: 64% · $22.9M
Local: 24% · $8.5M

Per student (FY2024)

Instruction: $11,163
Support services: $5,155
Buildings and equipment (capital outlay): $336K
Long-term debt: $30M

Schools

Open public schools of the district in the 2024–25 school year.

Pre-K centers: 1Elementary schools: 2Middle schools: 1High schools: 1

School	Grades	Students	Students / teacher	Reading	Math	City or town
Bulldog Early Learning AcademyFree meals for all	Pre-K	111	11.1	—	—	Harrisburg
East Side Intermediate SchoolFree meals for all	3–5	397	13.7	47%	37%	Harrisburg
West Side Primary SchoolFree meals for all	K–2	400	11.4	—	—	Harrisburg
Harrisburg Middle SchoolFree meals for all	6–8	382	11.9	63%	18%	Harrisburg
Harrisburg High SchoolFree meals for all	9–12	491	12.5	—	—	Harrisburg

Reading and Math: share of tested students proficient or above on the state's own tests (grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year). Compare only within a state.

Sources

Address: 411 W Poplar St, Harrisburg, IL 62946
Phone: (618)253-7637

Website

Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
Annual Survey of School System Finances (U.S. Census Bureau), FY2024. U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances (F-33).
State Assessment Data Repository (Education Data Center), 2024–25 school year. Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository v3.1.