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Blue Ridge CUSD 18

Farmer City, Illinois · Public School District · Open

Key statistics

652
Students enrolled
3
Public schools
61
Classroom teachers (FTE)
10.7:1
Students per teacher

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data. School year: 2024-25.

Students

By grade

  • Pre-K 51
  • Kindergarten 61
  • Grade 1 41
  • Grade 2 51
  • Grade 3 61
  • Grade 4 52
  • Grade 5 47
  • Grade 6 46
  • Grade 7 37
  • Grade 8 49
  • Grade 9 34
  • Grade 10 37
  • Grade 11 45
  • Grade 12 40

By race/ethnicity

  • White 90%
  • Two or more races 6%
  • Hispanic/Latino 3%
  • Black or African American <1%
  • Asian <1%
  • Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander <1%
  • American Indian or Alaska Native <1%
  • Race not reported <1%

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (fall membership), school year 2024-25. Race/ethnicity as reported by the state.

Free and reduced-price lunch

47% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch 306 of 652 students in the district's schools

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data, school year 2024-25. Eligibility as reported by the state. Schools that serve free meals to every student may count all of them as eligible, so figures are not comparable from state to state.

Spending and revenue

$19,407 spent per student on day-to-day operations Illinois median: $18,461 per student

Spending per student

  • Instruction $10,433
  • Support services $8,361
  • Other (food service, etc.) $613

Where the money comes from

  • Local 70%
  • State 24%
  • Federal 5%

Total revenue $17.4 milliontotal spending $15.1 million

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, School District Finance Survey (F-33), school year 2023-24. Day-to-day spending is NCES's current expenditures: it leaves out construction, equipment, debt and payments to charter or private schools. Per student is per fall enrollment of that year.

District details

Grades served

PK to 12

Locale (NCES)

Rural: Distant

Total staff (FTE)

135

District office

411 N John St, Farmer City IL 61842

County

De Witt County

Official website

NCES District ID

1700003

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About Blue Ridge CUSD 18

Description provided by the district or community — not part of the NCES dataset.

Welcome to the Blue Ridge School District, serving the communities of Bellflower, Farmer City and Mansfield. Our award winning schools have a tradition of academic success and strong extra-curricular programs. Our schools are staffed by dedicated and highly qualified teachers and support personnel. Students are offered a broad curriculum with many opportunities that include outstanding vocational, fine arts, extra-curricular, and co-curricular programs. Our free preschool program serves students ages 3-4. High quality parent-child activities are provided for families with children ages 0-5 through the Growing Together program.
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