Pontiac-William Holliday School District 105

Listed by NCES as Pontiac-W Holliday SD 105 (district ID 1732190)

Public school district · St. Clair County · Illinois · NCES district ID 1732190

Pontiac-William Holliday School District 105 spent $15,460 per student on current operations in fiscal year 2022-23, below the middle: 61% of the other Illinois districts with fewer than 1,000 students in fall 2022 spent more (median $16,409). Its 2 schools enrolled 630 students in 2024-25; 26.3% of its revenue came from the state. Census Bureau figures for 2023-24 put it at $16,234 per student, up 5.0% on the year before (U.S. $17,619 that year).

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 Pontiac-William Holliday School District 105 in enrollment (637 to 653 students) and Pontiac-William Holliday School District 105 itself.

Current spending per student, Illinois districts closest in size to Pontiac-William Holliday School District 105, FY23Fox Lake GSD 114 $21,370; Serena CUSD 2 $20,003; Illini Central CUSD 189 $17,704; Princeville CUSD 326 $17,162; Bushnell Prairie City CUSD 170 $16,314; Sangamon Valley Schools $16,269; Union Ridge SD 86 $16,059; Pontiac-William Holliday School District 105 $15,460; East Dubuque USD 119 $14,810; Unity Point Community Consolidated School District 140 $14,226; State median, under 1,000 students $16,409.10k12.5k15k17.5k20k22.5kFox Lake GSD 114$21,370Serena CUSD 2$20,003Illini Central CUSD 189$17,704Princeville CUSD 326$17,162Bushnell Prairie City CUSD 170$16,314Sangamon Valley Schools$16,269Union Ridge SD 86$16,059Pontiac-William Holliday Schoo…$15,460East Dubuque USD 119$14,810Unity Point Community Consolid…$14,226State median, under 1,000 students $16,409
Current spending per student, Illinois districts closest in size to Pontiac-William Holliday School District 105, FY23Fox Lake GSD 114 $21,370; Serena CUSD 2 $20,003; Illini Central CUSD 189 $17,704; Princeville CUSD 326 $17,162; Bushnell Prairie City CUSD 170 $16,314; Sangamon Valley Schools $16,269; Union Ridge SD 86 $16,059; Pontiac-William Holliday School District 105 $15,460; East Dubuque USD 119 $14,810; Unity Point Community Consolidated School District 140 $14,226; State median, under 1,000 students $16,409.10k12.5k15k17.5k20k22.5kFox Lake GSD 114$21,370Serena CUSD 2$20,003Illini Central CUSD 189$17,704Princeville CUSD 326$17,162Bushnell Prairie City CUSD 170$16,314Sangamon Valley Schools$16,269Union Ridge SD 86$16,059Pontiac-William Holliday School Dis…$15,460East Dubuque USD 119$14,810Unity Point Community Consolidated …$14,226State median, under 1,000 students $16,409
Current spending per student, Illinois districts closest in size to Pontiac-William Holliday School District 105, FY23Fox Lake GSD 114 $21,370; Serena CUSD 2 $20,003; Illini Central CUSD 189 $17,704; Princeville CUSD 326 $17,162; Bushnell Prairie City CUSD 170 $16,314; Sangamon Valley Schools $16,269; Union Ridge SD 86 $16,059; Pontiac-William Holliday School District 105 $15,460; East Dubuque USD 119 $14,810; Unity Point Community Consolidated School District 140 $14,226; State median, under 1,000 students $16,409.10k15k20k22.5kFox Lake GSD 114$21,370Serena CUSD 2$20,003Illini Central CUSD 189$17,704Princeville CUSD 326$17,162Bushnell Prairie City CUSD 170$16,314Sangamon Valley Schools$16,269Union Ridge SD 86$16,059Pontiac-William Holliday School District 105$15,460East Dubuque USD 119$14,810Unity Point Community Consolidated School D…$14,226State median, under 1,000 students $16,409
Current spending per student, Illinois districts closest in size to Pontiac-William Holliday School District 105, FY23Fox Lake GSD 114 $21,370; Serena CUSD 2 $20,003; Illini Central CUSD 189 $17,704; Princeville CUSD 326 $17,162; Bushnell Prairie City CUSD 170 $16,314; Sangamon Valley Schools $16,269; Union Ridge SD 86 $16,059; Pontiac-William Holliday School District 105 $15,460; East Dubuque USD 119 $14,810; Unity Point Community Consolidated School District 140 $14,226; State median, under 1,000 students $16,409.10k15k20k22.5kFox Lake GSD 114$21,370Serena CUSD 2$20,003Illini Central CUSD 189$17,704Princeville CUSD 326$17,162Bushnell Prairie City CUSD 170$16,314Sangamon Valley Schools$16,269Union Ridge SD 86$16,059Pontiac-William Holliday School Distric…$15,460East Dubuque USD 119$14,810Unity Point Community Consolidated Scho…$14,226State median, under 1,000 students $16,409

Where the money came from

$12,505,000 in revenue: 26.3% state, 64.6% local and 9.1% federal. Total spending including $89,000 of capital outlay was $11,308,000, or $17,559 per student; the figure above leaves capital out.

Pontiac-William Holliday School District 105 revenue by source, fiscal year 2022-23State $3,289,000; Local $8,073,000; Federal $1,143,000; total $12,505,000.
  • State$3,289,000 26%
  • Local$8,073,000 65%
  • Federal$1,143,000 9%

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 468 districts with fewer than 1,000 students in fall 2022. Revenue by source (TOTALREV, TFEDREV, TSTREV, TLOCREV).

Enrollment fell from 2022-23 to 2024-25

644 students in 2022-23, 628 students in 2023-24, 630 students in 2024-25, counted across the schools that reported each year.

Pontiac-William Holliday School District 105 enrollment by school year2022-23: 644, 2023-24: 628, 2024-25: 63002004006008002022-236442023-246282024-25630
Pontiac-William Holliday School District 105 enrollment by school year2022-23: 644, 2023-24: 628, 2024-25: 63002004006008002022-236442023-246282024-25630
Pontiac-William Holliday School District 105 enrollment by school year2022-23: 644, 2023-24: 628, 2024-25: 63002004006008002022-236442023-246282024-25630
Pontiac-William Holliday School District 105 enrollment by school year2022-23: 644, 2023-24: 628, 2024-25: 63002004006008002022-236442023-246282024-25630

Teachers and students per teacher

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Per teacher
2022-2364448.013.4
2023-2462848.013.1
2024-2563047.413.3

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 Pontiac-William Holliday School District 105 scored proficient or above: 27% 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 arts27%29.9%446

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.

1 elementary school, 418 students

SchoolStudentsPer teacherFree lunchTitle I, 2021‑22
William Holliday Elementary School41812.7not 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.

1 middle school, 212 students

SchoolStudentsPer teacherFree lunchTitle I, 2021‑22
Pontiac Jr High School21214.7not 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.

Contact Pontiac-William Holliday School District 105

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 Pontiac-William Holliday School District 105

  1. Illinois districts by spending per studentPontiac-William Holliday School District 105 ranks 287 of 468 Illinois districts with fewer than 1,000 students in fall 2022 on current spending per student in fiscal year 2022-23 ($15,460).#287 of 468
  2. Every school district in IllinoisPontiac-William Holliday School District 105 is the number 516 by size of 865 Illinois districts, with 644 students in fall 2022 (F-33).#516 of 865
  3. Serena CUSD 2The next larger Illinois district: 646 students in fall 2022, $20,003 per student in fiscal year 2022-23.$20,003
  4. East Dubuque USD 119The next smaller Illinois district: 637 students in fall 2022, $14,810 per student in fiscal year 2022-23.$14,810
  5. Compare Pontiac-William Holliday School District 105 with Serena CUSD 2Enrollment, spending, revenue sources and schools, side by side.
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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 Pontiac-William Holliday School District 105

  1. How many schools and students are in Pontiac-William Holliday School District 105?
    2 schools were open in 2024-25 (1 elementary, 1 middle), enrolling 630 students, according to the NCES Common Core of Data.
  2. How much does Pontiac-William Holliday School District 105 spend per student?
    $15,460 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 fewer than 1,000 students in fall 2022 is $16,409 and the U.S. figure is $16,260. Census Bureau figures for 2023-24 put it at $16,234 per student, up 5.0% on the year before (U.S. $17,619 that year).
  3. Where does Pontiac-William Holliday School District 105's money come from?
    $12,505,000 in revenue in fiscal year 2022-23: 26.3% state, 64.6% local and 9.1% federal (NCES F-33).
  4. How many children in Pontiac-William Holliday School District 105 live in poverty?
    The Census Bureau estimates that 90 of the 705 children aged 5 to 17 living within the district's boundaries in 2024, 12.8%, 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 Pontiac-William Holliday School District 105 do on state tests?
    In 2021-22, the students tested in Pontiac-William Holliday School District 105 scored proficient or above: 27% 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 Pontiac-William Holliday School District 105's NCES district ID?
    1732190. 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 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

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