Statistics

Students 2011-12

Total Enrollment	14,056
Limited English	16.60%
Low Income	17.53%

Racial/ethnic background

White	45.52%
Black	7.11%
Hispanic	22.48%
Asian/Pacific Islander	20.84%
Native American	0.69%
Multiracial	3.35%

Teachers 2011-12

Racial/ethnic background

White	87.57%
Black	1.12%
Hispanic	.87%
Asian/Pacific Islander	2.92%
Native American	0%
Undisclosed	7.52%

Gender

Male	10.96%
Female	89.03%

Total certified personnel	1,260
Total personnel	2,282

Ratios

Pupil-teacher	22.2:1
Pupil-certified staff	10.9:1
Pupil-administrator	195.5:1

Experience/Education

Average experience	10 years
Teachers with bachelor’s	100%
With advanced degrees	71%

Salaries

Average teacher	$63,052.95
Average administrator	$121,862.30

Instructional setting

District 54 operates 21 elementary schools, five junior high schools and one kindergarten to eighth-grade school.

Average class size by grade for the 2011-12 school year

Kindergarten	20.3
First	22.2
Second	22.3
Third	21.6
Fourth	21.9
Fifth	23.6
Sixth	23.1
Junior High	23.4

Test scores

The following chart shows the percent of District 54 children at each grade level who took the Illinois Standards Achievement Test in the spring of 2011 and met or exceeded state standards in the subjects listed.

Grade	Reading	Math	Science
Third grade	86.8	95.4
Fourth grade	88.0	94.9	90.1
Fifth grade	86.8	92.3
Sixth grade	93.7	94.3
Seventh grade	92.0	94.9	91.0
Eighth grade	94.6	94.5

Finances 2011-12

Credit rating:  Aaa
Tax rate: 2.996
Operating expenditure per student: $12,636.94
Equalized assessed valuation per student: $404,648

2011-12 budget
Fund	Revenue	Expenditure
Education	$167,566,116	$166,495,573
Operations and Maintenance	15,593,963	16,236,570
Transportation	8,567,720	10,128,850
Bond and Interest	9,145,847	8,855,500
IMRF/Social Security	6,179,307	6,157,400
Capital Projects	0	9,331,148
Working Cash	1,265,652	0
Fire Prevention/Life Safety	1,015,896	774,067
Total	209,334,501	217,979,108