According to the 2008 Illinois District Report Card, District 62 has a teaching staff of 345 certified teachers. Teachers have an average of 10.6 years experience (the Illinois state average is 12.4 years). In District 62, 64.5% of our teachers have earned a Master’s degree or above, while 35.5% of our teachers have earned a Bachelor’s degree. The ethnicity of District 62’s teachers is as follows: 90.7% Caucasian, 0.3% African American, 7.2% Hispanic, and 1.7% Asian/Pacific Islander.
The pupil to teacher ratio for District 62 is 15.3 : 1. Class sizes tend to be lower in the primary grades (20.1 in kindergarten). Middle school class sizes average at 27.2. The State of Illinois averages 18.3 : 1 ratio of students to teachers. [Source: 2008 Illinois District Report Card]
District 62 has 29.2% of its students qualifying for low-income services (compared to 41.1% 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: 2008 Illinois District Report Card]
In District 62, 34% of our students are defined as Limited-English-Proficient and are eligible for bilingual education. This is over four times the state’s average of 7.5%. [Source: 2008 Illinois District Report Card]
The district receives the majority of its revenue from local property taxes. The district has a total operating budget of $56 million. Local funding accounts for approximately 86.04% of the total budget. Funding from state sources is $5.4 million, representing 9.6% of the district’s total budget. Federal revenues are $2.4 million which represents 4.34% of the total budget.
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