District Profile
Community Consolidated School District 62 is comprised of 8 elementary schools (K-5), 2 middle schools (6-8) and one year-round school of choice enrolling students from kindergarten through eighth grade. Our elementary schools include Central Elementary School, Cumberland Elementary School, Forest Elementary School, North Elementary School, Orchard Place Elementary School, Plainfield Elementary School, South Elementary School, and Terrace Elementary School. Our middle schools are Algonquin Middle School and Chippewa Middle School. Our year-round school is Iroquois Community School. District 62 serves 4,771 students (2006 Illinois District Report Card).
According to the 2006 Illinois District Report Card, District 62 has a teaching staff of 316 certified teachers. Teachers have an average of 11.9 years experience (the Illinois state average is 13.0 years). In District 62, 62.7% of our teachers have earned a Master’s degree or above, while 37.3% of our teachers have earned a Bachelor’s degree. The ethnicity of District 62’s teachers is as follows: 93.4% Caucasian, 0.3% African American, 4.1% Hispanic, and 2.2% Asian/Pacific Islander.
The pupil to teacher ratio for District 62 is 18.5 : 1. There are lower class sizes in the primary grades (19.2 in kindergarten) and class sizes are higher in our middle schools (26.6 in grade 8). The State of Illinois averages 19.1 : 1 ratio of students to teachers. [Source: 2006 Illinois District Report Card]
District 62 has 31% of its students qualifying for low-income services (compared to 40% for the entire state). These students are from families receiving public aid, living in institutions for neglected or delinquent children, being supported in foster homes with public funds, or eligible to receive free or reduced-price lunches. [Source: 2006 Illinois District Report Card]
In District 62, 27.1% of our students are defined as Limited-English-Proficient and are eligible for bilingual education. This is over three times the state’s average of 6.6%. [Source: 2006 Illinois District Report Card]
The district receives the majority of its revenue from local property taxes. The district has a total operating budget of $46.9 million. Local funding accounts for approximately 83.5% of the total budget. Funding from state sources is $4.9 million, representing 10.4% of the district’s total budget. Federal revenues are $2.9 million which represents 6.1% of the total budget. [Source: 2006 Illinois District Report Card)
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