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Herscher Community Unit School District 2

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Herscher Community Unit School District 2 is located in northeast Illinois. Herscher Community Unit School District 2 has 246.02 square miles of land area and 1.19 square miles of water area. As of 2010, the total Herscher Community Unit School District 2 population is 10,903. Herscher Community Unit School District 2 median household income is $70,827 in 2006-2010. Herscher Community Unit School District 2 median house value is $164,700 in 2006-2010. On average, Herscher Community Unit School District 2 is better than the state average in quality.

Ranking:	High School: (109 out of 477, top 23%) Elementary/Middle School: (240 out of 759, top 32%)* Rank: #266
Type:	Regular Local School District
Grade:	Prekindergarten to Grade 12
Number of Schools:	5
Population	10,903 (2010), rank #334
Population Growth	2.89% since 2005-2009, see rank
Population Density:	44.10/sq mi, rank #619
Median Household Income:	$70,827 at 2006-2010—-1.92% increase since 2005-2009, rank #173
Median House Price:	$164,700 at 2006-2010—3.58% increase since 2005-2009, rank #335
Time Zone:	Central GMT -6:00 with Daylight Saving in the Summer
Land Area:	246.02 sq mi, rank #31
Water Area:	1.19 sq mi (0.48%), rank #185
State:	Illinois
County:	Livingston County, Kankakee County, Iroquois County, Grundy County
City:	Buckingham, Dwight, Reddick, Campus, Cabery, Bonfield, Herscher, Essex, Wilmington, Chebanse, Kankakee, Irwin, Union Hill, Limestone, Gardner, Clifton
Zip:	60917, 60420, 60961, 60920, 60919, 60913, 60941, 60935, 60481, 60922, 60901, 60969, 60424, 60927
Area:	Pontiac, IL;Kankakee-Bradley, IL;Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, IL-IN-WI

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Herscher Community Unit School District 2 Map, Border, and Nearby Locations

501 North Main St

Herscher IL, 60941, Kankakee County

Phone: 815-426-2162

Students and Teachers

	2009-2010	2008-2009	2007-2008
Total Students:	2,068	2,076	2,095
English Language Learner Students:	4	0	5
Total Teachers:	126.00	121.00	122.00
Prekindergarten:	4.00	4.00	2.00
Kindergarten:	7.00	7.00	6.00
Elementary:	73.00	73.00	57.00
Secondary:	42.00	37.00	57.00
Ungraded:	0.00	NA	NA
Total Other Staff:	21.98	24.90	38.00
Instructional Aides:	NA	NA	NA
Instructional Coordinators & Supervisors:	0.00	1.00	1.00
Total Guidance Counselors:	2.00	2.00	2.00
Elementary Guidance Counselors:	0.00	NA	0.00
Secondary Guidance Counselors:	2.00	2.00	2.00
Other Guidance Counselors:	NA	NA	NA
Librarians/Media Specialists:	3.00	3.00	3.00
Library/Media Support:	NA	NA	NA
District Administrators:	1.98	1.90	1.00
District Administrative Support:	NA	NA	3.00
School Administrators:	7.00	9.00	3.00
School Administrative Support:	NA	NA	0.00
Student Support Services:	8.00	8.00	9.00
Other Support Services:	NA	NA	16.00
Student-Teacher Ratio:	16.41	17.16	17.17

Schools

Bonfield Grade School	Grade 4 to Grade 5	522 East Smith St, Bonfield IL 60913
Herscher Elementary School	Kindergarten to Grade 8	391 North Main St, Herscher IL 60941
Herscher High School	Grade 9 to Grade 12	501 North Main St, Herscher IL 60941
Limestone Elementary School	Prekindergarten to Grade 8	963 North 5000w Rd, Kankakee IL 60901
Reddick Elementary School	Grade 4 to Grade 5	210 East Main St, Reddick IL 60961

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	State Average
ISAT Test
2003	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	85.6%	75.7%
2004	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	88.9%	79.1%
2005	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	87.2%	79.3%
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	93.3%	85.6%
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	93.8%	86.7%
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	92.3%	85.1%
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	90.4%	85.2%
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	92.5%	86.4%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	91.9%	87.3%
2003	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	77.3%	62.0%
2004	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	70.5%	65.1%
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	79.9%	66.6%
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	76.0%	70.7%
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	83.8%	72.9%
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	78.9%	71.8%
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	82.2%	72.2%
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	84.4%	73.7%
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	77.7%	74.7%
2006	Math	4th Grade	% met std	92.7%	84.8%
2007	Math	4th Grade	% met std	90.7%	86.4%
2008	Math	4th Grade	% met std	92.6%	84.6%
2009	Math	4th Grade	% met std	94.5%	85.8%
2010	Math	4th Grade	% met std	87.3%	85.9%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	86.9%	87.7%
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	80.8%	72.9%
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	79.5%	73.7%
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	77.2%	73.2%
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	82.1%	73.8%
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	80.5%	73.7%
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	77.8%	74.7%
2003	Science	4th Grade	% met std	87.3%	66.5%
2004	Science	4th Grade	% met std	80.5%	67.8%
2005	Science	4th Grade	% met std	86.6%	71.4%
2006	Science	4th Grade	% met std	88.7%	79.9%
2007	Science	4th Grade	% met std	86.0%	79.7%
2008	Science	4th Grade	% met std	87.5%	76.2%
2009	Science	4th Grade	% met std	89.6%	76.8%
2010	Science	4th Grade	% met std	85.9%	76.6%
2011	Science	4th Grade	% met std	80.9%	79.4%
2003	Math	5th Grade	% met std	72.4%	68.3%
2004	Math	5th Grade	% met std	84.5%	71.8%
2005	Math	5th Grade	% met std	80.0%	73.2%
2006	Math	5th Grade	% met std	86.4%	78.6%
2007	Math	5th Grade	% met std	80.6%	82.5%
2008	Math	5th Grade	% met std	86.8%	81.3%
2009	Math	5th Grade	% met std	89.9%	82.5%
2010	Math	5th Grade	% met std	91.7%	83.4%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	92.4%	84.0%
2003	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	71.1%	60.4%
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	72.0%	60.9%
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	72.2%	62.7%
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	76.3%	68.5%
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	71.8%	69.7%
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	84.3%	73.6%
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	79.0%	73.5%
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	83.4%	74.7%
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	85.0%	76.4%
2006	Math	6th Grade	% met std	94.7%	79.1%
2007	Math	6th Grade	% met std	95.0%	81.4%
2008	Math	6th Grade	% met std	95.5%	82.7%
2009	Math	6th Grade	% met std	94.4%	82.4%
2010	Math	6th Grade	% met std	92.9%	84.6%
2011	Math	6th Grade	% met std	95.9%	83.9%
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	84.2%	72.8%
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	84.6%	73.4%
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	91.6%	79.1%
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	89.7%	79.9%
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	89.4%	81.2%
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	93.9%	84.1%
2006	Math	7th Grade	% met std	89.2%	76.0%
2007	Math	7th Grade	% met std	90.2%	79.4%
2008	Math	7th Grade	% met std	85.3%	80.4%
2009	Math	7th Grade	% met std	90.6%	82.7%
2010	Math	7th Grade	% met std	93.1%	84.4%
2011	Math	7th Grade	% met std	91.7%	84.3%
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	82.4%	72%
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	79.7%	73.3%
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	83.5%	77.7%
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	83.8%	77.5%
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	87.5%	77.4%
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	84.8%	78.8%
2003	Science	7th Grade	% met std	87.8%	73.7%
2004	Science	7th Grade	% met std	87.2%	74.4%
2005	Science	7th Grade	% met std	85.8%	74.6%
2006	Science	7th Grade	% met std	93.8%	80.9%
2007	Science	7th Grade	% met std	94.2%	79.3%
2008	Science	7th Grade	% met std	92.0%	79.2%
2009	Science	7th Grade	% met std	93.3%	79.5%
2010	Science	7th Grade	% met std	96.3%	82.4%
2011	Science	7th Grade	% met std	91.0%	81.9%
2003	Math	8th Grade	% met std	69.6%	53.1%
2004	Math	8th Grade	% met std	75.8%	54.4%
2005	Math	8th Grade	% met std	67.8%	54.3%
2006	Math	8th Grade	% met std	84.2%	78.2%
2007	Math	8th Grade	% met std	91.6%	81.3%
2008	Math	8th Grade	% met std	89%	80.3%
2009	Math	8th Grade	% met std	86.4%	81.7%
2010	Math	8th Grade	% met std	90.9%	83.7%
2011	Math	8th Grade	% met std	93.1%	86.3%
2003	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	79.3%	63.7%
2004	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	81.9%	67.1%
2005	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	87.5%	72.8%
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	87.9%	79.2%
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	94.1%	81.7%
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	87.8%	81.4%
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	87.8%	83.6%
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	92.8%	84.1%
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	88.1%	85.0%
PSAE Test
2003	Math	11th Grade	% met std	58.0%	53.3%
2004	Math	11th Grade	% met std	53.7%	53.1%
2005	Math	11th Grade	% met std	59.4%	52.8%
2006	Math	11th Grade	% met std	61.1%	53.7%
2007	Math	11th Grade	% met std	62.5%	52.7%
2008	Math	11th Grade	% met std	51.6%	53.0%
2009	Math	11th Grade	% met std	45.2%	51.6%
2010	Math	11th Grade	% met std	63%	52.7%
2011	Math	11th Grade	% met std	64.0%	51.3%
2003	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	63.6%	56.4%
2004	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	56.8%	56.8%
2005	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	63.2%	59.5%
2006	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	68.1%	58.4%
2007	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	60.4%	54.0%
2008	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	62.6%	53.3%
2009	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	59.3%	56.9%
2010	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	64.9%	54.0%
2011	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	62.2%	51.1%
2003	Science	11th Grade	% met std	57.4%	51.3%
2004	Science	11th Grade	% met std	51.2%	52.9%
2005	Science	11th Grade	% met std	64.7%	52.5%
2006	Science	11th Grade	% met std	61.1%	50.8%
2007	Science	11th Grade	% met std	68%	51.0%
2008	Science	11th Grade	% met std	58.8%	51.2%
2009	Science	11th Grade	% met std	46.9%	50.5%
2010	Science	11th Grade	% met std	65.5%	52.4%
2011	Science	11th Grade	% met std	59.6%	49.2%

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

School District Fiscal Information

	2009			2008			2007
	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%
Total Revenue:	$21,410,000	$10,313		$19,613,000	$9,362		$20,005,000	$9,581
Federal:	$1,764,000	$850	8.2%	$558,000	$266	2.8%	$645,000	$309	3.2%
State:	$6,622,000	$3,190	30.9%	$6,647,000	$3,173	33.9%	$7,428,000	$3,557	37.1%
Local:	$13,024,000	$6,274	60.8%	$12,408,000	$5,923	63.3%	$11,932,000	$5,715	59.6%
Total Expenditures:	$25,077,000	$12,079		$19,696,000	$9,401		$19,143,000	$9,168
Total Current Expenditures:	$18,749,000	$9,031		$17,794,000	$8,494		$15,869,000	$7,600
Instructional Expenditures:	$10,493,000	$5,054	56.0%	$10,340,000	$4,936	58.1%	$9,536,000	$4,567	60.1%
Student and Staff Support:	$1,160,000	$559	6.2%	$434,000	$207	2.4%	$371,000	$178	2.3%
Administration:	$2,304,000	$1,110	12.3%	$2,095,000	$1,000	11.8%	$1,758,000	$842	11.1%
Operations, Food, Other:	$4,792,000	$2,308	25.6%	$4,925,000	$2,351	27.7%	$4,204,000	$2,013	26.5%
Total Capital Outlay:	$5,659,000	$2,726		$854,000	$408		$2,176,000	$1,042
Construction:	$836,000	$403		$0	$0		$0	$0
Total Other:	$0	$0		$0	$0		$0	$0
Interest on Debt:	$176,000	$85		$504,000	$241		$598,000	$286

Total Salary:	$12,430,000	$5,987		$11,477,000	$5,478		$10,832,000	$5,188
Instruction/Teacher Salary:	$8,021,000	$3,864	64.5%	$7,840,000	$3,742	68.3%	$7,533,000	$3,608	69.5%
Other Salary:	$4,409,000	$2,124	35.5%	$3,637,000	$1,736	31.7%	$3,299,000	$1,580	30.5%
Total Benefit:	$3,274,000	$1,577		$2,986,000	$1,425		$2,450,000	$1,173
Instruction/Teacher Benefit:	$1,856,000	$894	56.7%	$1,850,000	$883	62.0%	$1,540,000	$738	62.9%
Other Benefit:	$1,418,000	$683	43.3%	$1,136,000	$542	38.0%	$910,000	$436	37.1%

* Herscher Community Unit School District 2 was rated 4 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.