Ball Chatham CUSD 5

Public school district · Sangamon County · Illinois · NCES district ID 1704920

Ball Chatham CUSD 5 spent $11,231 per student on current operations in fiscal year 2022-23, below the middle: 99% of the other Illinois districts with at least 1,000 students in fall 2022 spent more (median $18,127). Its 6 schools enrolled 4,516 students in 2024-25; 19.9% of its revenue came from the state. Census Bureau figures for 2023-24 put it at $11,190 per student, down 0.4% on the year before (U.S. $17,619 that year). Its four-year graduation rate for the class of 2023 was 95% (Illinois: 87.6%).

NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23 · Census Bureau school finances 2023-24 · NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 · method

Spending per student among Illinois districts of similar size

Current spending per student excludes construction and debt. The 9 districts closest to Ball Chatham CUSD 5 in enrollment (4,642 to 4,784 students) and Ball Chatham CUSD 5 itself.

Current spending per student, Illinois districts closest in size to Ball Chatham CUSD 5, FY23Niles Township High Schools District 219 $35,441; Thornton Township High School District 205 $28,504; East Saint Louis School District 189 $27,439; Chsd 99 $26,343; Park Ridge-Niles School District 64 $22,454; Danville School District 118 $21,893; Woodland School District 50 $21,130; Kankakee SD 111 $18,743; Dunlap CUSD 323 $12,919; Ball Chatham CUSD 5 $11,231; State median, 1,000+ students $18,127.10k20k30k40kNiles Township High Schools Di…$35,441Thornton Township High School …$28,504East Saint Louis School Distri…$27,439Chsd 99$26,343Park Ridge-Niles School Distri…$22,454Danville School District 118$21,893Woodland School District 50$21,130Kankakee SD 111$18,743Dunlap CUSD 323$12,919Ball Chatham CUSD 5$11,231State median, 1,000+ students $18,127
Current spending per student, Illinois districts closest in size to Ball Chatham CUSD 5, FY23Niles Township High Schools District 219 $35,441; Thornton Township High School District 205 $28,504; East Saint Louis School District 189 $27,439; Chsd 99 $26,343; Park Ridge-Niles School District 64 $22,454; Danville School District 118 $21,893; Woodland School District 50 $21,130; Kankakee SD 111 $18,743; Dunlap CUSD 323 $12,919; Ball Chatham CUSD 5 $11,231; State median, 1,000+ students $18,127.10k20k30k40kNiles Township High Schools Distric…$35,441Thornton Township High School Distr…$28,504East Saint Louis School District 189$27,439Chsd 99$26,343Park Ridge-Niles School District 64$22,454Danville School District 118$21,893Woodland School District 50$21,130Kankakee SD 111$18,743Dunlap CUSD 323$12,919Ball Chatham CUSD 5$11,231State median, 1,000+ students $18,127
Current spending per student, Illinois districts closest in size to Ball Chatham CUSD 5, FY23Niles Township High Schools District 219 $35,441; Thornton Township High School District 205 $28,504; East Saint Louis School District 189 $27,439; Chsd 99 $26,343; Park Ridge-Niles School District 64 $22,454; Danville School District 118 $21,893; Woodland School District 50 $21,130; Kankakee SD 111 $18,743; Dunlap CUSD 323 $12,919; Ball Chatham CUSD 5 $11,231; State median, 1,000+ students $18,127.10k20k30k40kNiles Township High Schools District 219$35,441Thornton Township High School District 205$28,504East Saint Louis School District 189$27,439Chsd 99$26,343Park Ridge-Niles School District 64$22,454Danville School District 118$21,893Woodland School District 50$21,130Kankakee SD 111$18,743Dunlap CUSD 323$12,919Ball Chatham CUSD 5$11,231State median, 1,000+ students $18,127
Current spending per student, Illinois districts closest in size to Ball Chatham CUSD 5, FY23Niles Township High Schools District 219 $35,441; Thornton Township High School District 205 $28,504; East Saint Louis School District 189 $27,439; Chsd 99 $26,343; Park Ridge-Niles School District 64 $22,454; Danville School District 118 $21,893; Woodland School District 50 $21,130; Kankakee SD 111 $18,743; Dunlap CUSD 323 $12,919; Ball Chatham CUSD 5 $11,231; State median, 1,000+ students $18,127.10k20k30k40kNiles Township High Schools District 219$35,441Thornton Township High School District…$28,504East Saint Louis School District 189$27,439Chsd 99$26,343Park Ridge-Niles School District 64$22,454Danville School District 118$21,893Woodland School District 50$21,130Kankakee SD 111$18,743Dunlap CUSD 323$12,919Ball Chatham CUSD 5$11,231State median, 1,000+ students $18,127

Where the money came from

$66,860,000 in revenue: 19.9% state, 73.2% local and 6.9% federal. Total spending including $4,634,000 of capital outlay was $59,877,000, or $12,863 per student; the figure above leaves capital out.

Ball Chatham CUSD 5 revenue by source, fiscal year 2022-23State $13,311,000; Local $48,915,000; Federal $4,634,000; total $66,860,000.
  • State$13,311,000 20%
  • Local$48,915,000 73%
  • Federal$4,634,000 7%

Source: NCES F-33 school district finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23: current expenditures for elementary and secondary education divided by fall membership; the state median covers 377 districts with at least 1,000 students in fall 2022. Revenue by source (TOTALREV, TFEDREV, TSTREV, TLOCREV).

Enrollment fell from 2022-23 to 2024-25

4,655 students in 2022-23, 4,631 students in 2023-24, 4,516 students in 2024-25, counted across the schools that reported each year.

Ball Chatham CUSD 5 enrollment by school year2022-23: 4,655, 2023-24: 4,631, 2024-25: 4,51602k4k6k2022-234,6552023-244,6312024-254,516
Ball Chatham CUSD 5 enrollment by school year2022-23: 4,655, 2023-24: 4,631, 2024-25: 4,51602k4k6k2022-234,6552023-244,6312024-254,516
Ball Chatham CUSD 5 enrollment by school year2022-23: 4,655, 2023-24: 4,631, 2024-25: 4,51602k4k6k2022-234,6552023-244,6312024-254,516
Ball Chatham CUSD 5 enrollment by school year2022-23: 4,655, 2023-24: 4,631, 2024-25: 4,51602k4k6k2022-234,6552023-244,6312024-254,516

Teachers and students per teacher

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Per teacher
2022-234,655279.016.7
2023-244,631269.117.2
2024-254,516261.217.3

Source: NCES Common Core of Data membership and staff files, 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25; sums over the schools reporting each year.

State test results, 2021-22

In 2021-22, the students tested in Ball Chatham CUSD 5 scored proficient or above: 32% in reading, against 29.9% in reading across Illinois. Each state writes its own test and sets its own proficiency bar, so compare these within Illinois, not across states.

Students proficient or above, 2021-22
SubjectThis districtIllinoisStudents tested
Reading and language arts32%29.9%2,477

Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts state assessment results 2021-22, all students, from ED Data Express (the Data Rescue Project archive; ED has no 2022-23 result for this district): ED shows district results as ranges (for example 20-24%) to protect small groups.

Graduation rate, class of 2023

95% of the 360 students in Ball Chatham CUSD 5's class of 2023 graduated within four years, against 87.6% across Illinois. The four-year rate follows the students who started ninth grade in fall 2019, adjusted for those who moved in or out, and counts those who earned a regular diploma by 2023. Every state computes it the same way under federal law, though each sets its own diploma requirements.

Four-year adjusted-cohort graduation rate, class of 2023
This districtIllinois
Four-year graduation rate95%87.6%
Students in the class360149,998

Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts four-year adjusted-cohort graduation rates 2022-23, all students, from ED Data Express: ED shows district rates as ranges (for example 90-94%) and leaves out small classes.

3 elementary schools, 1,625 students

SchoolStudentsPer teacherFree lunchTitle I, 2021‑22
Glenwood Elementary School57315.8not reportedSchoolwide program
Ball Elementary School55218.2not reportedSchoolwide program
Chatham Elementary School50016.5not reportedSchoolwide program

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25; Title I status CCD 2021-22, the last year NCES published it. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count; not reported: the school sent NCES no meal count.

2 middle schools, 1,407 students

SchoolStudentsPer teacherFree lunchTitle I, 2021‑22
Glenwood Middle School73517.2not reportedNot Title I
Glenwood Intermediate School67218.2not reportedEligible, no program

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25; Title I status CCD 2021-22, the last year NCES published it. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count; not reported: the school sent NCES no meal count.

1 high school, 1,484 students

SchoolStudentsPer teacherFree lunchTitle I, 2021‑22
Glenwood High School1,48417.5not reportedNot Title I

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25; Title I status CCD 2021-22, the last year NCES published it. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count; not reported: the school sent NCES no meal count.

Contact Ball Chatham CUSD 5

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, local education agency directory 2024-25. Enrollment, boundaries and school assignment are the district's to confirm.

What to look at next about Ball Chatham CUSD 5

  1. Illinois districts by spending per studentBall Chatham CUSD 5 ranks 373 of 377 Illinois districts with at least 1,000 students in fall 2022 on current spending per student in fiscal year 2022-23 ($11,231).#373 of 377
  2. Every school district in IllinoisBall Chatham CUSD 5 is the number 75 by size of 865 Illinois districts, with 4,655 students in fall 2022 (F-33).#75 of 865
  3. Park Ridge-Niles School District 64The next larger Illinois district: 4,671 students in fall 2022, $22,454 per student in fiscal year 2022-23.$22,454
  4. Niles Township High Schools District 219The next smaller Illinois district: 4,642 students in fall 2022, $35,441 per student in fiscal year 2022-23.$35,441
  5. Compare Ball Chatham CUSD 5 with Park Ridge-Niles School District 64Enrollment, spending, revenue sources and schools, side by side.
  6. Glenwood High School, its largest high school1,484 students in 2024-25, 17.5 per teacher.1,484
  7. Find the school district for an addressA home's district decides which public schools it can enroll in.

Source: NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23 (spending per student and fall 2022 membership; ranks among the state's districts that reported them); NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (schools).

Questions about Ball Chatham CUSD 5

  1. How many schools and students are in Ball Chatham CUSD 5?
    6 schools were open in 2024-25 (3 elementary, 2 middle, 1 high), enrolling 4,516 students, according to the NCES Common Core of Data.
  2. How much does Ball Chatham CUSD 5 spend per student?
    $11,231 per student on current operations in fiscal year 2022-23 (NCES F-33), which leaves out construction and debt; the Illinois median for districts with at least 1,000 students in fall 2022 is $18,127 and the U.S. figure is $16,260. Census Bureau figures for 2023-24 put it at $11,190 per student, down 0.4% on the year before (U.S. $17,619 that year).
  3. Where does Ball Chatham CUSD 5's money come from?
    $66,860,000 in revenue in fiscal year 2022-23: 19.9% state, 73.2% local and 6.9% federal (NCES F-33).
  4. How many children in Ball Chatham CUSD 5 live in poverty?
    The Census Bureau estimates that 198 of the 5,096 children aged 5 to 17 living within the district's boundaries in 2024, 3.9%, were in families in poverty (Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates). It is a model-based estimate for everyone living in the district, not a count of its students; the free-meal shares in the school tables are counts of enrolled students.
  5. How do students in Ball Chatham CUSD 5 do on state tests?
    In 2021-22, the students tested in Ball Chatham CUSD 5 scored proficient or above: 32% in reading, against 29.9% in reading across Illinois. Illinois's own test sets what proficient means, so results compare within the state, not across states. Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts state assessment results, 2021-22.
  6. What is the graduation rate in Ball Chatham CUSD 5?
    95% of the 360 students in Ball Chatham CUSD 5's class of 2023 graduated within four years, against 87.6% across Illinois. The four-year rate follows the students who started ninth grade in fall 2019, adjusted for those who moved in or out. Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts four-year adjusted-cohort graduation rates, 2022-23.
  7. What is Ball Chatham CUSD 5's NCES district ID?
    1704920. Each of its schools' 12-digit NCES IDs begins with these seven digits.

Reading these figures: how to choose a school district, what Title I means and what an absenteeism rate means. They are for information and are not a substitute for the school's or district's own records.

Sources

Every federal file behind this record
  • NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25: directory, membership, staff and lunch files. nces.ed.gov
  • NCES Common Core of Data, 2021-22 school characteristics: Title I status. nces.ed.gov
  • Civil Rights Data Collection, 2021-22: AP courses, gifted programs, counselors, discipline. civilrightsdata.ed.gov
  • EDFacts, 2022-23: chronic absenteeism. ed.gov
  • EDFacts four-year adjusted-cohort graduation rates, 2022-23: the class of 2023 for the district and its state (ED Data Express). eddataexpress.ed.gov
  • EDFacts state assessment results, 2021-22: reading and math proficiency for the district and its state (ED Data Express). eddataexpress.ed.gov
  • U.S. Census Bureau, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, 2024: children aged 5 to 17 and those in families in poverty, by school district. census.gov
  • U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances, fiscal year 2023-24: per pupil current spending for 2023-24 and 2022-23. census.gov
  • NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, fiscal year 2022-23: district spending and revenue. nces.ed.gov
  • U.S. Census Bureau geocoder and TIGER school districts: the district boundary used by the district finder. census.gov

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances Per pupil current spending by school system · FY 2023-24

Source: NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey Revenue and expenditures by district · FY 2022-23

Source: NCES Common Core of Data School directory, membership, staff and lunch files · 2024-25

Compiled from official source data by .