Wolf Branch School District

Listed by NCES as Wolf Branch SD 113 (district ID 1742960)

Public school district · St. Clair County · Illinois · NCES district ID 1742960

Wolf Branch School District spent $12,965 per student on current operations in fiscal year 2022-23, below the middle: 90% of the other Illinois districts with fewer than 1,000 students in fall 2022 spent more (median $16,409). Its 2 schools enrolled 823 students in 2024-25; 33.0% of its revenue came from the state. Census Bureau figures for 2023-24 put it at $13,799 per student, up 6.4% 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 Wolf Branch in enrollment (772 to 786 students) and Wolf Branch itself.

Current spending per student, Illinois districts closest in size to Wolf Branch, FY23Lincoln Elementary School District 156 $21,255; Cass SD 63 $17,928; Palos Heights SD 128 $17,650; Lincoln CHSD 404 $17,162; Gavin SD 37 $15,247; LeRoy CUSD 2 $15,113; Central CUSD 3 $13,861; Prairie Hill CCSD 133 $13,252; Saratoga CCSD 60C $13,039; Wolf Branch $12,965; State median, under 1,000 students $16,409.10k15k20k25kLincoln Elementary School Dist…$21,255Cass SD 63$17,928Palos Heights SD 128$17,650Lincoln CHSD 404$17,162Gavin SD 37$15,247LeRoy CUSD 2$15,113Central CUSD 3$13,861Prairie Hill CCSD 133$13,252Saratoga CCSD 60C$13,039Wolf Branch$12,965State median, under 1,000 students $16,409
Current spending per student, Illinois districts closest in size to Wolf Branch, FY23Lincoln Elementary School District 156 $21,255; Cass SD 63 $17,928; Palos Heights SD 128 $17,650; Lincoln CHSD 404 $17,162; Gavin SD 37 $15,247; LeRoy CUSD 2 $15,113; Central CUSD 3 $13,861; Prairie Hill CCSD 133 $13,252; Saratoga CCSD 60C $13,039; Wolf Branch $12,965; State median, under 1,000 students $16,409.10k15k20k25kLincoln Elementary School District …$21,255Cass SD 63$17,928Palos Heights SD 128$17,650Lincoln CHSD 404$17,162Gavin SD 37$15,247LeRoy CUSD 2$15,113Central CUSD 3$13,861Prairie Hill CCSD 133$13,252Saratoga CCSD 60C$13,039Wolf Branch$12,965State median, under 1,000 students $16,409
Current spending per student, Illinois districts closest in size to Wolf Branch, FY23Lincoln Elementary School District 156 $21,255; Cass SD 63 $17,928; Palos Heights SD 128 $17,650; Lincoln CHSD 404 $17,162; Gavin SD 37 $15,247; LeRoy CUSD 2 $15,113; Central CUSD 3 $13,861; Prairie Hill CCSD 133 $13,252; Saratoga CCSD 60C $13,039; Wolf Branch $12,965; State median, under 1,000 students $16,409.10k15k20k25kLincoln Elementary School District 156$21,255Cass SD 63$17,928Palos Heights SD 128$17,650Lincoln CHSD 404$17,162Gavin SD 37$15,247LeRoy CUSD 2$15,113Central CUSD 3$13,861Prairie Hill CCSD 133$13,252Saratoga CCSD 60C$13,039Wolf Branch$12,965State median, under 1,000 students $16,409
Current spending per student, Illinois districts closest in size to Wolf Branch, FY23Lincoln Elementary School District 156 $21,255; Cass SD 63 $17,928; Palos Heights SD 128 $17,650; Lincoln CHSD 404 $17,162; Gavin SD 37 $15,247; LeRoy CUSD 2 $15,113; Central CUSD 3 $13,861; Prairie Hill CCSD 133 $13,252; Saratoga CCSD 60C $13,039; Wolf Branch $12,965; State median, under 1,000 students $16,409.10k15k20k25kLincoln Elementary School District 156$21,255Cass SD 63$17,928Palos Heights SD 128$17,650Lincoln CHSD 404$17,162Gavin SD 37$15,247LeRoy CUSD 2$15,113Central CUSD 3$13,861Prairie Hill CCSD 133$13,252Saratoga CCSD 60C$13,039Wolf Branch$12,965State median, under 1,000 students $16,409

Where the money came from

$13,518,000 in revenue: 33.0% state, 62.7% local and 4.3% federal. Total spending including $192,000 of capital outlay was $11,321,000, or $14,533 per student; the figure above leaves capital out.

Wolf Branch School District revenue by source, fiscal year 2022-23State $4,456,000; Local $8,478,000; Federal $584,000; total $13,518,000.
  • State$4,456,000 33%
  • Local$8,478,000 63%
  • Federal$584,000 4%

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 rose from 2022-23 to 2024-25

779 students in 2022-23, 795 students in 2023-24, 823 students in 2024-25, counted across the schools that reported each year.

Wolf Branch School District enrollment by school year2022-23: 779, 2023-24: 795, 2024-25: 82302505007501k2022-237792023-247952024-25823
Wolf Branch School District enrollment by school year2022-23: 779, 2023-24: 795, 2024-25: 82302505007501k2022-237792023-247952024-25823
Wolf Branch School District enrollment by school year2022-23: 779, 2023-24: 795, 2024-25: 82302505007501k2022-237792023-247952024-25823
Wolf Branch School District enrollment by school year2022-23: 779, 2023-24: 795, 2024-25: 82302505007501k2022-237792023-247952024-25823

Teachers and students per teacher

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Per teacher
2022-2377955.014.2
2023-2479557.013.9
2024-2582357.014.4

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 Wolf Branch School District scored proficient or above: 47% 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 arts47%29.9%492

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, 482 students

SchoolStudentsPer teacherFree lunchTitle I, 2021‑22
Wolf Branch Elementary School48215.5not reportedTargeted 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, 341 students

SchoolStudentsPer teacherFree lunchTitle I, 2021‑22
Wolf Branch Middle School34113.1not reportedTargeted 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 Wolf Branch School District

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 Wolf Branch School District

  1. Illinois districts by spending per studentWolf Branch School District ranks 422 of 468 Illinois districts with fewer than 1,000 students in fall 2022 on current spending per student in fiscal year 2022-23 ($12,965).#422 of 468
  2. Every school district in IllinoisWolf Branch School District is the number 463 by size of 865 Illinois districts, with 779 students in fall 2022 (F-33).#463 of 865
  3. Central CUSD 3The next larger Illinois district: 784 students in fall 2022, $13,861 per student in fiscal year 2022-23.$13,861
  4. Gavin SD 37The next smaller Illinois district: 778 students in fall 2022, $15,247 per student in fiscal year 2022-23.$15,247
  5. Compare Wolf Branch School District with Central CUSD 3Enrollment, 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 Wolf Branch School District

  1. How many schools and students are in Wolf Branch School District?
    2 schools were open in 2024-25 (1 elementary, 1 middle), enrolling 823 students, according to the NCES Common Core of Data.
  2. How much does Wolf Branch School District spend per student?
    $12,965 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 $13,799 per student, up 6.4% on the year before (U.S. $17,619 that year).
  3. Where does Wolf Branch School District's money come from?
    $13,518,000 in revenue in fiscal year 2022-23: 33.0% state, 62.7% local and 4.3% federal (NCES F-33).
  4. How many children in Wolf Branch School District live in poverty?
    The Census Bureau estimates that 41 of the 838 children aged 5 to 17 living within the district's boundaries in 2024, 4.9%, 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 Wolf Branch School District do on state tests?
    In 2021-22, the students tested in Wolf Branch School District scored proficient or above: 47% 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 Wolf Branch School District's NCES district ID?
    1742960. 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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