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Watseka Comm High School

Serves grades 9 - 12

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2021 – 2022 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2020
  • Educational Environment: 2021 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2023

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School Overview

Address
138 S Belmont Ave
Watseka, IL 60970
Phone
(815) 432-2486
District
IROQUOIS COUNTY CUSD 9
County
IROQUOIS COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
311
Classroom Teachers
22

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Illinois

6

(10 is best)

Better than 54.7% of all IL schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

5

(10 is best)

Watseka Comm High School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 10

30 20 10 0
21%
25%
20%
26%
22%
25%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

17.5 15 12.5 10 7.5 5 2.5 0
14
14
13
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 9 87 28.0%
Grade 10 87 28.0%
Grade 11 62 19.9%
Grade 12 75 24.1%
Total 311 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 83.0% 83.9% 48.7%
Black 2.0% 1.8% 17.3%
Hispanic 14.4% 13.3% 28.1%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 0.7% 1.0% 5.6%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.0% 0.0% 0.4%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged Unreported Unreported Unreported
Free lunch eligible Unreported Unreported Unreported
Reduced lunch eligible Unreported Unreported Unreported
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 6,271 12,582,032
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 78.3 226
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 3.7% 5.7%
5-19 YEARS OLD 15.2% 19.1%
20-44 YEARS OLD 25.3% 33.4%
45-64 YEARS OLD 31.9% 25.6%
65 OR OLDER 23.8% 16.2%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 2,838 4,968,761
Single Parent Households With Children 5.5% 8.0%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 84.4% 90.1%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 11.0% 36.7%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 5.9% 21.5%
$100,000 - $149,999 12.6% 17.6%
$75,000 - $99,999 11.4% 12.9%
$50,000 - $74,999 17.6% 15.4%
$30,000 - $49,999 19.4% 13.5%
$15,000 - $29,999 18.8% 10.3%
$15,000 or less 14.3% 8.8%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,706 $8,122,698 50.1%
Support Expenditures
Student $452 $421,716 2.6%
Staff $442 $412,386 2.5%
General Administration $1,252 $1,168,116 7.2%
School Administration $1,103 $1,029,099 6.3%
Operation $1,091 $1,017,903 6.3%
Transportation $537 $501,021 3.1%
Other $138 $128,754 0.8%
Total Support $5,015 $4,678,995 28.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,657 $3,411,981 21.0%
Total Expenditures $17,378 $16,213,674 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $10,818 $20,214,612,291 52.1%
Support Expenditures
Student $1,311 $2,449,080,202 6.3%
Staff $673 $1,256,727,156 3.2%
General Administration $673 $1,256,749,375 3.2%
School Administration $942 $1,760,657,749 4.5%
Operation $1,431 $2,672,969,408 6.9%
Transportation $748 $1,398,114,051 3.6%
Other $736 $1,376,105,992 3.5%
Total Support $6,513 $12,170,558,501 31.4%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,424 $6,398,727,407 16.5%
Total Expenditures $20,756 $38,783,883,293 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,794 $384,567,026,223 49.5%
Support Expenditures
Student $841 $41,500,431,613 5.3%
Staff $665 $32,787,987,253 4.2%
General Administration $269 $13,273,339,703 1.7%
School Administration $756 $37,281,585,830 4.8%
Operation $1,191 $58,747,506,944 7.6%
Transportation $504 $24,858,475,672 3.2%
Other $491 $24,247,526,162 3.1%
Total Support $4,716 $232,696,768,378 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,247 $160,183,697,619 20.6%
Total Expenditures $15,757 $777,446,989,564 100.0%