Unity Point Community Consolidated School District 140

Listed by NCES as Unity Point CCSD 140 (district ID 1739930)

Public school district · Jackson County · Illinois · NCES district ID 1739930

Unity Point Community Consolidated School District 140 spent $14,226 per student on current operations in fiscal year 2022-23, below the middle: 77% of the other Illinois districts with fewer than 1,000 students in fall 2022 spent more (median $16,409). Its one school enrolled 620 students in 2024-25; 60.8% of its revenue came from the state. Census Bureau figures for 2023-24 put it at $14,579 per student, up 2.5% 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 Unity Point Community Consolidated School District 140 in enrollment (627 to 646 students) and Unity Point Community Consolidated School District 140 itself.

Current spending per student, Illinois districts closest in size to Unity Point Community Consolidated School District 140, FY23Benjamin SD 25 $23,922; Serena CUSD 2 $20,003; Sangamon Valley Schools $16,269; Pontiac-William Holliday School District 105 $15,460; Brimfield CUSD 309 $15,095; East Dubuque USD 119 $14,810; South Central School District #401 $14,280; Unity Point Community Consolidated School District 140 $14,226; Liberty CUSD 2 $13,656; Paris Community Unit School District 4 $9,196; State median, under 1,000 students $16,409.5k10k15k20k25kBenjamin SD 25$23,922Serena CUSD 2$20,003Sangamon Valley Schools$16,269Pontiac-William Holliday Schoo…$15,460Brimfield CUSD 309$15,095East Dubuque USD 119$14,810South Central School District …$14,280Unity Point Community Consolid…$14,226Liberty CUSD 2$13,656Paris Community Unit School Di…$9,196State median, under 1,000 students $16,409
Current spending per student, Illinois districts closest in size to Unity Point Community Consolidated School District 140, FY23Benjamin SD 25 $23,922; Serena CUSD 2 $20,003; Sangamon Valley Schools $16,269; Pontiac-William Holliday School District 105 $15,460; Brimfield CUSD 309 $15,095; East Dubuque USD 119 $14,810; South Central School District #401 $14,280; Unity Point Community Consolidated School District 140 $14,226; Liberty CUSD 2 $13,656; Paris Community Unit School District 4 $9,196; State median, under 1,000 students $16,409.5k10k15k20k25kBenjamin SD 25$23,922Serena CUSD 2$20,003Sangamon Valley Schools$16,269Pontiac-William Holliday School Dis…$15,460Brimfield CUSD 309$15,095East Dubuque USD 119$14,810South Central School District #401$14,280Unity Point Community Consolidated …$14,226Liberty CUSD 2$13,656Paris Community Unit School Distric…$9,196State median, under 1,000 students $16,409
Current spending per student, Illinois districts closest in size to Unity Point Community Consolidated School District 140, FY23Benjamin SD 25 $23,922; Serena CUSD 2 $20,003; Sangamon Valley Schools $16,269; Pontiac-William Holliday School District 105 $15,460; Brimfield CUSD 309 $15,095; East Dubuque USD 119 $14,810; South Central School District #401 $14,280; Unity Point Community Consolidated School District 140 $14,226; Liberty CUSD 2 $13,656; Paris Community Unit School District 4 $9,196; State median, under 1,000 students $16,409.5k15k25kBenjamin SD 25$23,922Serena CUSD 2$20,003Sangamon Valley Schools$16,269Pontiac-William Holliday School District 105$15,460Brimfield CUSD 309$15,095East Dubuque USD 119$14,810South Central School District #401$14,280Unity Point Community Consolidated School D…$14,226Liberty CUSD 2$13,656Paris Community Unit School District 4$9,196State median, under 1,000 students $16,409
Current spending per student, Illinois districts closest in size to Unity Point Community Consolidated School District 140, FY23Benjamin SD 25 $23,922; Serena CUSD 2 $20,003; Sangamon Valley Schools $16,269; Pontiac-William Holliday School District 105 $15,460; Brimfield CUSD 309 $15,095; East Dubuque USD 119 $14,810; South Central School District #401 $14,280; Unity Point Community Consolidated School District 140 $14,226; Liberty CUSD 2 $13,656; Paris Community Unit School District 4 $9,196; State median, under 1,000 students $16,409.5k15k25kBenjamin SD 25$23,922Serena CUSD 2$20,003Sangamon Valley Schools$16,269Pontiac-William Holliday School Distric…$15,460Brimfield CUSD 309$15,095East Dubuque USD 119$14,810South Central School District #401$14,280Unity Point Community Consolidated Scho…$14,226Liberty CUSD 2$13,656Paris Community Unit School District 4$9,196State median, under 1,000 students $16,409

Where the money came from

$10,901,000 in revenue: 60.8% state, 28.6% local and 10.7% federal. Total spending including $111,000 of capital outlay was $9,944,000, or $15,611 per student; the figure above leaves capital out.

Unity Point Community Consolidated School District 140 revenue by source, fiscal year 2022-23State $6,624,000; Local $3,113,000; Federal $1,164,000; total $10,901,000.
  • State$6,624,000 61%
  • Local$3,113,000 29%
  • Federal$1,164,000 11%

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

637 students in 2022-23, 660 students in 2023-24, 620 students in 2024-25, counted across the schools that reported each year.

Unity Point Community Consolidated School District 140 enrollment by school year2022-23: 637, 2023-24: 660, 2024-25: 62002004006008002022-236372023-246602024-25620
Unity Point Community Consolidated School District 140 enrollment by school year2022-23: 637, 2023-24: 660, 2024-25: 62002004006008002022-236372023-246602024-25620
Unity Point Community Consolidated School District 140 enrollment by school year2022-23: 637, 2023-24: 660, 2024-25: 62002004006008002022-236372023-246602024-25620
Unity Point Community Consolidated School District 140 enrollment by school year2022-23: 637, 2023-24: 660, 2024-25: 62002004006008002022-236372023-246602024-25620

Teachers and students per teacher

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Per teacher
2022-2363750.512.6
2023-2466051.512.8
2024-2562052.011.9

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 Unity Point Community Consolidated School District 140 scored proficient or above: 48% 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 arts48%29.9%376

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, 620 students

SchoolStudentsPer teacherFree lunchTitle I, 2021‑22
Unity Point Elementary School62011.9All free (CEP)Schoolwide 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 Unity Point Community Consolidated School District 140

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 Unity Point Community Consolidated School District 140

  1. Illinois districts by spending per studentUnity Point Community Consolidated School District 140 ranks 359 of 468 Illinois districts with fewer than 1,000 students in fall 2022 on current spending per student in fiscal year 2022-23 ($14,226).#359 of 468
  2. Every school district in IllinoisUnity Point Community Consolidated School District 140 is the number 518 by size of 865 Illinois districts, with 637 students in fall 2022 (F-33).#518 of 865
  3. Sangamon Valley SchoolsThe next larger Illinois district: 644 students in fall 2022, $16,269 per student in fiscal year 2022-23.$16,269
  4. Liberty CUSD 2The next smaller Illinois district: 634 students in fall 2022, $13,656 per student in fiscal year 2022-23.$13,656
  5. Compare Unity Point Community Consolidated School District 140 with Sangamon Valley SchoolsEnrollment, 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 Unity Point Community Consolidated School District 140

  1. How many schools and students are in Unity Point Community Consolidated School District 140?
    One school was open in 2024-25 (1 elementary), enrolling 620 students, according to the NCES Common Core of Data.
  2. How much does Unity Point Community Consolidated School District 140 spend per student?
    $14,226 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 $14,579 per student, up 2.5% on the year before (U.S. $17,619 that year).
  3. Where does Unity Point Community Consolidated School District 140's money come from?
    $10,901,000 in revenue in fiscal year 2022-23: 60.8% state, 28.6% local and 10.7% federal (NCES F-33).
  4. How many children in Unity Point Community Consolidated School District 140 live in poverty?
    The Census Bureau estimates that 98 of the 488 children aged 5 to 17 living within the district's boundaries in 2024, 20.1%, 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 Unity Point Community Consolidated School District 140 do on state tests?
    In 2021-22, the students tested in Unity Point Community Consolidated School District 140 scored proficient or above: 48% 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 Unity Point Community Consolidated School District 140's NCES district ID?
    1739930. 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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