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Oblong Community Unit School District 4

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Oblong Community Unit School District 4 is located in southeast Illinois. Oblong Community Unit School District 4 has 169.88 square miles of land area and 0.06 square miles of water area. As of 2010-2014, the total Oblong Community Unit School District 4 population is 3,764. Oblong Community Unit School District 4 median household income is $47,278 in 2010-2014. Oblong Community Unit School District 4 median house value is $70,000 in 2010-2014. On average, Oblong Community Unit School District 4 is worse than the state average in quality.

Ranking:	High School: (279 out of 476, bottom 41%) Elementary/Middle School: (639 out of 757, bottom 16%)* Rank: #636
Type:	Regular Local School District
Grade:	Prekindergarten to Grade 12
Number of Schools:	2
Population	3,764 (2010-2014), rank #608
Population Growth	-1.57% since 2005-2009, see rank
Population Density:	22.15/sq mi, rank #750
Median Household Income:	$47,278 at 2010-2014—18.71% increase since 2005-2009, rank #622
Median House Price:	$70,000 at 2010-2014—9.89% increase since 2005-2009, rank #798
Time Zone:	Central GMT -6:00 with Daylight Saving in the Summer
Land Area:	169.88 sq mi, rank #116
Water Area:	0.06 sq mi (0.04%), rank #615
State:	Illinois
County:	Jasper County, Crawford County
City:	Willow Hill, Oblong, Robinson, Stoy, Flat Rock, Annapolis
Zip:	62480, 62449, 62454, 62427, 62413

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Oblong Community Unit School District 4 Map, Border, and Nearby Locations

600 West Main St

Oblong IL, 62449, Crawford County

Phone: 618-592-3933

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014	2012-2013	2011-2012	2010-2011	2009-2010	2008-2009	2007-2008
Total Students:	585	604	627	631	662	685	695
English Language Learner Students:	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total Teachers:	0.00	NA	46.11	48.59	48.00	51.00	43.00
Prekindergarten:	NA	NA	1.00	1.11	1.00	1.00	1.00
Kindergarten:	NA	NA	2.00	3.03	3.00	3.00	3.00
Elementary:	0.00	NA	25.11	27.21	24.00	30.00	18.00
Secondary:	0.00	NA	18.00	17.24	20.00	17.00	21.00
Ungraded:	NA	0.00	NA	NA	0.00	NA	NA
Total Other Staff:	22.00	0.00	5.00	4.11	4.00	5.00	14.00
Instructional Aides:	NA	0.00	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Instructional Coordinators & Supervisors:	NA	NA	0.00	0.00	0.00	1.00	0.00
Total Guidance Counselors:	0.00	0.00	1.00	1.02	1.00	1.00	0.00
Elementary Guidance Counselors:	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	NA	0.00
Secondary Guidance Counselors:	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	1.00	0.00
Other Guidance Counselors:	0.00	0.00	1.00	1.02	1.00	NA	NA
Librarians/Media Specialists:	0.00	NA	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
Library/Media Support:	1.00	0.00	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
District Administrators:	0.00	NA	1.00	1.09	1.00	1.00	1.00
District Administrative Support:	NA	0.00	NA	NA	NA	NA	0.00
School Administrators:	0.00	NA	2.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
School Administrative Support:	NA	0.00	NA	NA	NA	NA	2.00
Student Support Services:	NA	NA	0.00	0.00	0.00	NA	0.00
Other Support Services:	21.00	0.00	NA	NA	NA	NA	9.00
Student-Teacher Ratio:	NA	NA	13.60	12.99	13.79	13.43	16.16

Schools

Oblong Elementary School		Prekindergarten to Grade 8	600 West Main St, Oblong IL 62449
Oblong High School		Grade 9 to Grade 12	700 South Range St, Oblong IL 62449

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	State Average
ISAT Test
2003	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	68.1%	75.7%
2004	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	83.3%	79.1%
2005	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	64.4%	79.3%
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	71.4%	85.6%
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	88.9%	86.7%
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	76.4%	85.1%
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	87.5%	85.2%
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	79.1%	86.4%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	89.7%	87.3%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	77.8%	87.7%
2013	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	53.0%	54.8%
2003	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	65.2%	62.0%
2004	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	64.6%	65.1%
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	73.3%	66.6%
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	59.2%	70.7%
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	71.1%	72.9%
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	68.7%	71.8%
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	69.6%	72.2%
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	68.7%	73.7%
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	76.9%	74.7%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	62.2%	76.0%
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	61.7%	58.8%
2006	Math	4th Grade	% met std	79.0%	84.8%
2007	Math	4th Grade	% met std	79.1%	86.4%
2008	Math	4th Grade	% met std	86.7%	84.6%
2009	Math	4th Grade	% met std	72.6%	85.8%
2010	Math	4th Grade	% met std	90.3%	85.9%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	89.4%	87.7%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	94.6%	88.1%
2013	Math	4th Grade	% met std	74.5%	60.2%
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	60.4%	72.9%
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	65.1%	73.7%
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	73.3%	73.2%
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	64.7%	73.8%
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	80.8%	73.7%
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	68.1%	74.7%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	86.4%	76.0%
2013	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	57.4%	59.2%
2003	Science	4th Grade	% met std	76.8%	66.5%
2004	Science	4th Grade	% met std	75.0%	67.8%
2005	Science	4th Grade	% met std	76.5%	71.4%
2006	Science	4th Grade	% met std	93.0%	79.9%
2007	Science	4th Grade	% met std	81.4%	79.7%
2008	Science	4th Grade	% met std	80.0%	76.2%
2009	Science	4th Grade	% met std	80.4%	76.8%
2010	Science	4th Grade	% met std	86.5%	76.6%
2011	Science	4th Grade	% met std	80.4%	79.4%
2012	Science	4th Grade	% met std	81.1%	79.8%
2013	Science	4th Grade	% met std	78.7%	80.9%
2003	Math	5th Grade	% met std	41.9%	68.3%
2004	Math	5th Grade	% met std	47.6%	71.8%
2005	Math	5th Grade	% met std	56.8%	73.2%
2006	Math	5th Grade	% met std	80%	78.6%
2007	Math	5th Grade	% met std	65%	82.5%
2008	Math	5th Grade	% met std	76.9%	81.3%
2009	Math	5th Grade	% met std	75.6%	82.5%
2010	Math	5th Grade	% met std	71.4%	83.4%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	81.2%	84.0%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	74.4%	83.6%
2013	Math	5th Grade	% met std	66.7%	59.4%
2003	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	59.6%	60.4%
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	45.3%	60.9%
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	65.9%	62.7%
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	72%	68.5%
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	60%	69.7%
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	76.9%	73.6%
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	75.6%	73.5%
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	68.7%	74.7%
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	82.6%	76.4%
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	74.4%	77.8%
2013	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	61.5%	58.9%
2006	Math	6th Grade	% met std	78.3%	79.1%
2007	Math	6th Grade	% met std	80.7%	81.4%
2008	Math	6th Grade	% met std	69.2%	82.7%
2009	Math	6th Grade	% met std	75.7%	82.4%
2010	Math	6th Grade	% met std	82.2%	84.6%
2011	Math	6th Grade	% met std	64.7%	83.9%
2012	Math	6th Grade	% met std	86.2%	84.9%
2013	Math	6th Grade	% met std	35.9%	59.6%
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	67.3%	72.8%
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	71.1%	73.4%
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	74.3%	79.1%
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	78.1%	79.9%
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	86.7%	81.2%
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	72.5%	84.1%
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	84.5%	81.7%
2013	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	61.6%	58.9%
2006	Math	7th Grade	% met std	61.4%	76.0%
2007	Math	7th Grade	% met std	75.5%	79.4%
2008	Math	7th Grade	% met std	72.6%	80.4%
2009	Math	7th Grade	% met std	75.0%	82.7%
2010	Math	7th Grade	% met std	79.0%	84.4%
2011	Math	7th Grade	% met std	84.8%	84.3%
2012	Math	7th Grade	% met std	72%	84.6%
2013	Math	7th Grade	% met std	46.0%	59.1%
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	68.1%	72%
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	75.5%	73.3%
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	70.6%	77.7%
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	72.2%	77.5%
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	81.6%	77.4%
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	89.1%	78.8%
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	78%	78.1%
2013	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	64.0%	58.5%
2003	Science	7th Grade	% met std	78.7%	73.7%
2004	Science	7th Grade	% met std	82.9%	74.4%
2005	Science	7th Grade	% met std	80.9%	74.6%
2006	Science	7th Grade	% met std	84.1%	80.9%
2007	Science	7th Grade	% met std	81.6%	79.3%
2008	Science	7th Grade	% met std	72.5%	79.2%
2009	Science	7th Grade	% met std	88.9%	79.5%
2010	Science	7th Grade	% met std	84.2%	82.4%
2011	Science	7th Grade	% met std	80.4%	81.9%
2012	Science	7th Grade	% met std	82%	79.9%
2013	Science	7th Grade	% met std	88.0%	79.0%
2003	Math	8th Grade	% met std	52.1%	53.1%
2004	Math	8th Grade	% met std	64.4%	54.4%
2005	Math	8th Grade	% met std	61.0%	54.3%
2006	Math	8th Grade	% met std	87.9%	78.2%
2007	Math	8th Grade	% met std	77.5%	81.3%
2008	Math	8th Grade	% met std	70.6%	80.3%
2009	Math	8th Grade	% met std	77.6%	81.7%
2010	Math	8th Grade	% met std	77.1%	83.7%
2011	Math	8th Grade	% met std	87.2%	86.3%
2012	Math	8th Grade	% met std	83.7%	85.0%
2013	Math	8th Grade	% met std	43.8%	58.9%
2003	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	62.8%	63.7%
2004	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	71.2%	67.1%
2005	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	79.7%	72.8%
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	83.3%	79.2%
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	71.5%	81.7%
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	66.7%	81.4%
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	75.5%	83.6%
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	85.8%	84.1%
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	82.1%	85.0%
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	87.7%	86.2%
2013	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	62.5%	59.8%
PSAE Test
2003	Math	11th Grade	% met std	47.2%	53.3%
2004	Math	11th Grade	% met std	30%	53.1%
2005	Math	11th Grade	% met std	56.9%	52.8%
2006	Math	11th Grade	% met std	48.4%	53.7%
2007	Math	11th Grade	% met std	54.7%	52.7%
2008	Math	11th Grade	% met std	62.7%	53.0%
2009	Math	11th Grade	% met std	33.9%	51.6%
2010	Math	11th Grade	% met std	29.5%	52.7%
2011	Math	11th Grade	% met std	36.7%	51.3%
2012	Math	11th Grade	% met std	41.3%	51.6%
2013	Math	11th Grade	% met std	46.9%	51.8%
2003	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	51.0%	56.4%
2004	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	44%	56.8%
2005	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	62.1%	59.5%
2006	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	63.5%	58.4%
2007	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	49.1%	54.0%
2008	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	60.8%	53.3%
2009	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	69.5%	56.9%
2010	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	56.8%	54.0%
2011	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	47.0%	51.1%
2012	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	52.2%	50.6%
2013	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	68.7%	54.8%
2003	Science	11th Grade	% met std	51.0%	51.3%
2004	Science	11th Grade	% met std	40%	52.9%
2005	Science	11th Grade	% met std	58.6%	52.5%
2006	Science	11th Grade	% met std	46.1%	50.8%
2007	Science	11th Grade	% met std	58.4%	51.0%
2008	Science	11th Grade	% met std	70.6%	51.2%
2009	Science	11th Grade	% met std	56.0%	50.5%
2010	Science	11th Grade	% met std	45.4%	52.4%
2011	Science	11th Grade	% met std	46.9%	49.2%
2012	Science	11th Grade	% met std	50%	51.7%
2013	Science	11th Grade	% met std	50.1%	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:	$6,189,000	$9,871		$7,291,000	$11,555		$6,498,000	$9,816
Federal:	$265,000	$423	4.3%	$601,000	$952	8.2%	$1,044,000	$1,577	16.1%
State:	$3,660,000	$5,837	59.1%	$4,206,000	$6,666	57.7%	$3,740,000	$5,650	57.6%
Local:	$2,264,000	$3,611	36.6%	$2,484,000	$3,937	34.1%	$1,714,000	$2,589	26.4%
Total Expenditures:	$7,581,000	$12,091		$6,631,000	$10,509		$6,713,000	$10,140
Total Current Expenditures:	$6,497,000	$10,362		$6,204,000	$9,832		$6,215,000	$9,388
Instructional Expenditures:	$3,346,000	$5,337	51.5%	$3,327,000	$5,273	53.6%	$3,506,000	$5,296	56.4%
Student and Staff Support:	$318,000	$507	4.9%	$297,000	$471	4.8%	$319,000	$482	5.1%
Administration:	$1,002,000	$1,598	15.4%	$904,000	$1,433	14.6%	$844,000	$1,275	13.6%
Operations, Food, Other:	$1,831,000	$2,920	28.2%	$1,676,000	$2,656	27.0%	$1,546,000	$2,335	24.9%
Total Capital Outlay:	$756,000	$1,206		$43,000	$68		$130,000	$196
Construction:	$738,000	$1,177		$5,000	$8		$0	$0
Total Other:	$0	$0		$0	$0		$20,000	$30
Interest on Debt:	$77,000	$123		$117,000	$185		$101,000	$153

Total Salary:	$3,636,000	$5,799		$3,670,000	$5,816		$3,725,000	$5,627
Instruction/Teacher Salary:	$2,259,000	$3,603	62.1%	$2,360,000	$3,740	64.3%	$2,407,000	$3,636	64.6%
Other Salary:	$1,377,000	$2,196	37.9%	$1,310,000	$2,076	35.7%	$1,318,000	$1,991	35.4%
Total Benefit:	$1,390,000	$2,217		$1,382,000	$2,190		$1,523,000	$2,301
Instruction/Teacher Benefit:	$767,000	$1,223	55.2%	$762,000	$1,208	55.1%	$885,000	$1,337	58.1%
Other Benefit:	$623,000	$994	44.8%	$620,000	$983	44.9%	$638,000	$964	41.9%

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