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Charleston Community Unit School District 1

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Charleston Community Unit School District 1 is located close to the center of Illinois. Charleston Community Unit School District 1 has 230.37 square miles of land area and 1.00 square miles of water area. As of 2010-2014, the total Charleston Community Unit School District 1 population is 28,395. Charleston Community Unit School District 1 median household income is $33,818 in 2010-2014. Charleston Community Unit School District 1 median house value is $100,300 in 2010-2014. On average, Charleston Community Unit School District 1 is better than the state average in quality.

Ranking:	High School: (121 out of 476, top 25%) Elementary/Middle School: (186 out of 757, top 25%)* Rank: #242
Type:	Regular Local School District
Grade:	Prekindergarten to Grade 12
Number of Schools:	6
Population	28,395 (2010-2014), rank #145
Population Growth	2.15% since 2005-2009, see rank
Population Density:	122.73/sq mi, rank #450
Median Household Income:	$33,818 at 2010-2014—13.37% increase since 2005-2009, rank #836
Median House Price:	$100,300 at 2010-2014—4.59% increase since 2005-2009, rank #573
Time Zone:	Central GMT -6:00 with Daylight Saving in the Summer
Land Area:	230.37 sq mi, rank #44
Water Area:	1.00 sq mi (0.43%), rank #213
State:	Illinois
County:	Cumberland County, Coles County
City:	Lerna, Charleston, Arcola, Hindsboro, Humboldt, Mattoon, Westfield, Casey, Ashmore
Zip:	62440, 61920, 61910, 61930, 61931, 61938, 62474, 62420, 61912
Area:	Charleston-Mattoon, IL

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Charleston Community Unit School District 1 Map, Border, and Nearby Locations

410 West Polk Ave

Charleston IL, 61920, Coles County

Phone: 217-639-1000

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014	2012-2013	2011-2012	2010-2011	2009-2010	2008-2009	2007-2008
Total Students:	2,761	2,740	2,795	2,844	2,892	2,807	2,881
English Language Learner Students:	13	11	14	13	16	20	17
Total Teachers:	174.00	NA	167.80	166.95	180.10	189.20	146.30
Prekindergarten:	NA	NA	3.00	2.22	2.50	2.00	0.00
Kindergarten:	NA	NA	12.80	11.10	11.00	12.00	10.00
Elementary:	104.00	NA	105.00	106.97	113.60	122.20	71.30
Secondary:	51.00	NA	47.00	46.66	53.00	53.00	65.00
Ungraded:	NA	0.00	NA	NA	0.00	NA	NA
Total Other Staff:	42.50	240.00	33.11	32.50	33.05	31.50	66.50
Instructional Aides:	NA	124.00	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Instructional Coordinators & Supervisors:	NA	NA	1.00	1.24	1.00	1.50	1.00
Total Guidance Counselors:	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	3.00
Elementary Guidance Counselors:	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.00	0.00
Secondary Guidance Counselors:	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	3.00
Other Guidance Counselors:	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	NA	NA	NA
Librarians/Media Specialists:	4.00	NA	5.00	5.00	5.00	4.00	4.00
Library/Media Support:	0.00	0.00	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
District Administrators:	3.00	NA	3.00	3.27	3.00	3.00	0.00
District Administrative Support:	NA	24.00	NA	NA	NA	NA	3.00
School Administrators:	8.00	NA	7.00	7.01	9.05	8.00	5.00
School Administrative Support:	NA	18.00	NA	NA	NA	NA	1.00
Student Support Services:	NA	NA	12.11	10.98	10.00	10.00	9.50
Other Support Services:	22.50	69.00	NA	NA	NA	NA	40.00
Student-Teacher Ratio:	15.87	NA	16.66	17.04	16.06	14.84	19.69

Schools

Ashmore Elementary School	Prekindergarten to Grade 4	313 South Ohio St, Ashmore IL 61912
Carl Sandburg Elementary School	Grade 1 to Grade 3	1924 Reynolds Dr, Charleston IL 61920
Charleston High School	Grade 9 to Grade 12	1603 Lincoln Ave, Charleston IL 61920
Charleston Middle School	Grade 7 to Grade 8	920 Smith Dr, Charleston IL 61920
Jefferson Elementary School	Grade 4 to Grade 6	801 Jefferson Ave, Charleston IL 61920
Mark Twain Elementary School	Prekindergarten to Kindergarten	1021 13th St, Charleston IL 61920

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	State Average
ISAT Test
2003	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	86.1%	75.7%
2004	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	84.4%	79.1%
2005	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	84.7%	79.3%
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	86.7%	85.6%
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	90.4%	86.7%
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	89.6%	85.1%
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	92.0%	85.2%
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	89.9%	86.4%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	92.3%	87.3%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	93.5%	87.7%
2013	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	59.9%	54.8%
2003	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	72.9%	62.0%
2004	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	72.1%	65.1%
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	75.2%	66.6%
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	75.4%	70.7%
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	77.1%	72.9%
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	75.8%	71.8%
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	79.8%	72.2%
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	82.7%	73.7%
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	83.6%	74.7%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	81.1%	76.0%
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	62.6%	58.8%
2006	Math	4th Grade	% met std	92.7%	84.8%
2007	Math	4th Grade	% met std	93.6%	86.4%
2008	Math	4th Grade	% met std	95.6%	84.6%
2009	Math	4th Grade	% met std	95.6%	85.8%
2010	Math	4th Grade	% met std	96.7%	85.9%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	93.6%	87.7%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	94.9%	88.1%
2013	Math	4th Grade	% met std	68.7%	60.2%
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	78.1%	72.9%
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	80.9%	73.7%
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	81.9%	73.2%
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	82.0%	73.8%
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	83.2%	73.7%
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	86.8%	74.7%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	83.0%	76.0%
2013	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	71.9%	59.2%
2003	Science	4th Grade	% met std	80.7%	66.5%
2004	Science	4th Grade	% met std	79.8%	67.8%
2005	Science	4th Grade	% met std	79.0%	71.4%
2006	Science	4th Grade	% met std	93.6%	79.9%
2007	Science	4th Grade	% met std	92.2%	79.7%
2008	Science	4th Grade	% met std	95.0%	76.2%
2009	Science	4th Grade	% met std	92.5%	76.8%
2010	Science	4th Grade	% met std	93.5%	76.6%
2011	Science	4th Grade	% met std	91.7%	79.4%
2012	Science	4th Grade	% met std	92.5%	79.8%
2013	Science	4th Grade	% met std	94.0%	80.9%
2003	Math	5th Grade	% met std	81%	68.3%
2004	Math	5th Grade	% met std	76.7%	71.8%
2005	Math	5th Grade	% met std	78.4%	73.2%
2006	Math	5th Grade	% met std	88.3%	78.6%
2007	Math	5th Grade	% met std	90.2%	82.5%
2008	Math	5th Grade	% met std	91.1%	81.3%
2009	Math	5th Grade	% met std	97.2%	82.5%
2010	Math	5th Grade	% met std	91.3%	83.4%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	92.5%	84.0%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	91.3%	83.6%
2013	Math	5th Grade	% met std	70.3%	59.4%
2003	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	66.5%	60.4%
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	59.1%	60.9%
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	75.6%	62.7%
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	76.7%	68.5%
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	72.1%	69.7%
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	84.5%	73.6%
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	84.8%	73.5%
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	86.6%	74.7%
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	87.0%	76.4%
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	83.7%	77.8%
2013	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	68.9%	58.9%
2006	Math	6th Grade	% met std	90.4%	79.1%
2007	Math	6th Grade	% met std	93.8%	81.4%
2008	Math	6th Grade	% met std	90.8%	82.7%
2009	Math	6th Grade	% met std	95.0%	82.4%
2010	Math	6th Grade	% met std	92.7%	84.6%
2011	Math	6th Grade	% met std	88.7%	83.9%
2012	Math	6th Grade	% met std	90.8%	84.9%
2013	Math	6th Grade	% met std	62.0%	59.6%
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	86.7%	72.8%
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	82.4%	73.4%
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	87%	79.1%
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	91.9%	79.9%
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	88.2%	81.2%
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	89.2%	84.1%
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	88.9%	81.7%
2013	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	63.4%	58.9%
2006	Math	7th Grade	% met std	89.0%	76.0%
2007	Math	7th Grade	% met std	91.2%	79.4%
2008	Math	7th Grade	% met std	93.0%	80.4%
2009	Math	7th Grade	% met std	91.5%	82.7%
2010	Math	7th Grade	% met std	96.9%	84.4%
2011	Math	7th Grade	% met std	94.2%	84.3%
2012	Math	7th Grade	% met std	89.1%	84.6%
2013	Math	7th Grade	% met std	63.8%	59.1%
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	85.6%	72%
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	88.5%	73.3%
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	91.5%	77.7%
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	86.6%	77.5%
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	93.9%	77.4%
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	89.6%	78.8%
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	86.1%	78.1%
2013	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	70.1%	58.5%
2003	Science	7th Grade	% met std	79.3%	73.7%
2004	Science	7th Grade	% met std	87.0%	74.4%
2005	Science	7th Grade	% met std	80.5%	74.6%
2006	Science	7th Grade	% met std	94.8%	80.9%
2007	Science	7th Grade	% met std	94.0%	79.3%
2008	Science	7th Grade	% met std	93.1%	79.2%
2009	Science	7th Grade	% met std	88.7%	79.5%
2010	Science	7th Grade	% met std	93.7%	82.4%
2011	Science	7th Grade	% met std	91.3%	81.9%
2012	Science	7th Grade	% met std	85.6%	79.9%
2013	Science	7th Grade	% met std	87.6%	79.0%
2003	Math	8th Grade	% met std	60.5%	53.1%
2004	Math	8th Grade	% met std	61.8%	54.4%
2005	Math	8th Grade	% met std	66.9%	54.3%
2006	Math	8th Grade	% met std	94.2%	78.2%
2007	Math	8th Grade	% met std	91.4%	81.3%
2008	Math	8th Grade	% met std	92.8%	80.3%
2009	Math	8th Grade	% met std	94.0%	81.7%
2010	Math	8th Grade	% met std	89.3%	83.7%
2011	Math	8th Grade	% met std	94.8%	86.3%
2012	Math	8th Grade	% met std	94.3%	85.0%
2013	Math	8th Grade	% met std	58.3%	58.9%
2003	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	69.2%	63.7%
2004	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	74.7%	67.1%
2005	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	80.8%	72.8%
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	89.3%	79.2%
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	87.1%	81.7%
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	93.8%	81.4%
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	93.5%	83.6%
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	89.8%	84.1%
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	92.1%	85.0%
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	92.0%	86.2%
2013	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	62.3%	59.8%
PSAE Test
2003	Math	11th Grade	% met std	50.8%	53.3%
2004	Math	11th Grade	% met std	51.4%	53.1%
2005	Math	11th Grade	% met std	53.4%	52.8%
2006	Math	11th Grade	% met std	49.1%	53.7%
2007	Math	11th Grade	% met std	45.6%	52.7%
2008	Math	11th Grade	% met std	62.7%	53.0%
2009	Math	11th Grade	% met std	53.3%	51.6%
2010	Math	11th Grade	% met std	56.3%	52.7%
2011	Math	11th Grade	% met std	57.2%	51.3%
2012	Math	11th Grade	% met std	60.5%	51.6%
2013	Math	11th Grade	% met std	52.8%	51.8%
2003	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	57.7%	56.4%
2004	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	55.0%	56.8%
2005	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	67.6%	59.5%
2006	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	61.4%	58.4%
2007	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	54.4%	54.0%
2008	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	72.8%	53.3%
2009	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	63.5%	56.9%
2010	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	61.6%	54.0%
2011	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	64.4%	51.1%
2012	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	62.2%	50.6%
2013	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	64.6%	54.8%
2003	Science	11th Grade	% met std	53.2%	51.3%
2004	Science	11th Grade	% met std	53.0%	52.9%
2005	Science	11th Grade	% met std	55.2%	52.5%
2006	Science	11th Grade	% met std	54.1%	50.8%
2007	Science	11th Grade	% met std	50.2%	51.0%
2008	Science	11th Grade	% met std	66%	51.2%
2009	Science	11th Grade	% met std	55.8%	50.5%
2010	Science	11th Grade	% met std	52.2%	52.4%
2011	Science	11th Grade	% met std	57.8%	49.2%
2012	Science	11th Grade	% met std	61.2%	51.7%
2013	Science	11th Grade	% met std	57.2%	49.4%

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

School District Fiscal Information

	2012			2011			2010
	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%
Total Revenue:	$27,138,000	$9,709		$29,991,000	$10,545		$35,028,000	$12,112
Federal:	$1,014,000	$363	3.7%	$1,982,000	$697	6.6%	$3,380,000	$1,169	9.6%
State:	$12,453,000	$4,455	45.9%	$13,334,000	$4,688	44.5%	$11,473,000	$3,967	32.8%
Local:	$13,671,000	$4,891	50.4%	$14,675,000	$5,160	48.9%	$20,175,000	$6,976	57.6%
Total Expenditures:	$28,010,000	$10,021		$26,313,000	$9,252		$29,070,000	$10,052
Total Current Expenditures:	$24,772,000	$8,863		$23,667,000	$8,322		$25,895,000	$8,954
Instructional Expenditures:	$14,401,000	$5,152	58.1%	$13,645,000	$4,798	57.7%	$14,563,000	$5,036	56.2%
Student and Staff Support:	$2,274,000	$814	9.2%	$2,249,000	$791	9.5%	$2,593,000	$897	10.0%
Administration:	$3,163,000	$1,132	12.8%	$2,889,000	$1,016	12.2%	$3,394,000	$1,174	13.1%
Operations, Food, Other:	$4,934,000	$1,765	19.9%	$4,884,000	$1,717	20.6%	$5,345,000	$1,848	20.6%
Total Capital Outlay:	$401,000	$143		$295,000	$104		$570,000	$197
Construction:	$72,000	$26		$44,000	$15		$9,000	$3
Total Other:	$96,000	$34		$43,000	$15		$91,000	$31
Interest on Debt:	$1,471,000	$526		$1,342,000	$472		$808,000	$279

Total Salary:	$12,946,000	$4,632		$12,631,000	$4,441		$13,331,000	$4,610
Instruction/Teacher Salary:	$9,279,000	$3,320	71.7%	$9,033,000	$3,176	71.5%	$9,441,000	$3,265	70.8%
Other Salary:	$3,667,000	$1,312	28.3%	$3,598,000	$1,265	28.5%	$3,890,000	$1,345	29.2%
Total Benefit:	$6,937,000	$2,482		$6,281,000	$2,209		$6,952,000	$2,404
Instruction/Teacher Benefit:	$4,760,000	$1,703	68.6%	$4,249,000	$1,494	67.6%	$4,688,000	$1,621	67.4%
Other Benefit:	$2,177,000	$779	31.4%	$2,032,000	$714	32.4%	$2,264,000	$783	32.6%

* Charleston Community Unit School District 1 was rated 4 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.