School district · Illinois

Kewanee CUSD 229

Kewanee CUSD 229 in Illinois: 7 public schools with 1,963 students and 14.5 students per teacher in the 2024–25 school year. It spent $14,124 per student in FY2024.

Schools: 7
Students: 1,963
Students per teacher: 14.5; IL 13.5 · US 15.1
Spending per student: $14,124; 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): 135
Counselors (FTE): 5.0
Students per counselor: 393; IL 414 · US 357
Psychologists (FTE): 2.0; Librarians (FTE): 1.0

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%

50%proficient

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

A lower share proficient than 60% of school districts in Illinois

Median 56% · 514 school districts compared

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

Math

Illinois: 39%

31%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 33% · 561 school districts compared

770 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

$8.8K15

$9.2K16

$10.4K17

$10.8K18

$11.1K19

$12.3K20

$13.0K21

$12.9K22

$13.5K23

$14.1K24

Where the money comes from (FY2024)

Federal: 12% · $4.6M
State: 68% · $25.4M
Local: 20% · $7.6M

Per student (FY2024)

Instruction: $7,945
Support services: $5,393
Buildings and equipment (capital outlay): $4.6M
Long-term debt: $7.3M

Schools

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

Pre-K centers: 1Elementary schools: 3Middle schools: 2High schools: 1

School	Grades	Students	Students / teacher	Reading	Math	City or town
Lyle SchoolFree meals for all	Pre-K	173	34.6	—	—	Kewanee
Belle Alexander Elem SchoolFree meals for all	K–1	241	12.9	—	—	Kewanee
Irving Elem SchoolFree meals for all	2–3	242	15.4	39%	45%	Kewanee
Neponset Grade SchoolFree meals for all	Pre-K–8	137	10.7	—	—	Neponset
Central ElemFree meals for all	4–6	353	14.5	40%	25%	Kewanee
Central Junior HighFree meals for all	7–8	235	11.6	65%	20%	Kewanee
Kewanee High SchoolFree meals for all	9–12	582	15.2	—	—	Kewanee

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: 1001 N Main St, Kewanee, IL 61443
Phone: (309)853-3341

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.