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Sterling Community Unit District 5

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Sterling Community Unit District 5 is located in north Illinois. Sterling Community Unit District 5 has 118.06 square miles of land area and 2.02 square miles of water area. As of 2010-2014, the total Sterling Community Unit District 5 population is 21,850. Sterling Community Unit District 5 median household income is $49,595 in 2010-2014. Sterling Community Unit District 5 median house value is $95,800 in 2010-2014. On average, Sterling Community Unit District 5 is better than the state average in quality.

Ranking:	High School: (207 out of 476, top 43%) Elementary/Middle School: (412 out of 757, bottom 46%)* Rank: #440
Type:	Regular Local School District
Grade:	Prekindergarten to Grade 12
Number of Schools:	6
Population	21,850 (2010-2014), rank #191
Population Growth	0.55% since 2005-2009, see rank
Population Density:	181.96/sq mi, rank #406
Median Household Income:	$49,595 at 2010-2014—16.85% increase since 2005-2009, rank #570
Median House Price:	$95,800 at 2010-2014—-0.93% increase since 2005-2009, rank #608
Time Zone:	Central GMT -6:00 with Daylight Saving in the Summer
Land Area:	118.06 sq mi, rank #193
Water Area:	2.02 sq mi (1.69%), rank #131
State:	Illinois
County:	Whiteside County, Lee County
City:	Sterling, Polo, Galt, Morrison, Como, Chadwick, Coleta, Dixon
Zip:	61081, 61064, 61037, 61270, 61014, 61021
Area:	Sterling, IL;Dixon, IL

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Sterling Community Unit District 5 Map, Border, and Nearby Locations

410 East Le Fevre Rd

Sterling IL, 61081, Whiteside County

Phone: 815-626-5050

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014	2012-2013	2011-2012	2010-2011	2009-2010	2008-2009	2007-2008
Total Students:	3,442	3,449	3,441	3,551	3,604	3,554	3,447
English Language Learner Students:	166	184	177	179	207	129	114
Total Teachers:	185.53	NA	202.76	207.14	218.05	215.40	177.10
Prekindergarten:	NA	NA	2.50	0.00	5.00	5.00	4.00
Kindergarten:	NA	NA	11.00	0.00	13.33	13.30	13.00
Elementary:	125.83	NA	131.00	148.05	138.06	133.50	69.00
Secondary:	57.00	NA	58.26	59.09	61.66	63.60	91.10
Ungraded:	NA	0.00	NA	NA	0.00	NA	NA
Total Other Staff:	25.85	122.91	33.35	33.25	31.35	32.10	61.20
Instructional Aides:	NA	34.12	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Instructional Coordinators & Supervisors:	NA	NA	0.00	0.00	1.00	1.00	2.00
Total Guidance Counselors:	9.80	10.25	10.75	10.75	10.75	11.00	4.60
Elementary Guidance Counselors:	6.00	6.25	7.00	7.00	7.00	8.00	2.00
Secondary Guidance Counselors:	3.80	4.00	3.75	3.75	3.75	3.00	2.60
Other Guidance Counselors:	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	NA	NA	NA
Librarians/Media Specialists:	1.00	NA	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
Library/Media Support:	0.00	0.00	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
District Administrators:	5.00	NA	5.00	5.45	4.00	3.00	2.00
District Administrative Support:	NA	7.08	NA	NA	NA	NA	2.00
School Administrators:	10.05	NA	12.00	11.00	10.00	11.00	6.00
School Administrative Support:	NA	15.25	NA	NA	NA	NA	3.00
Student Support Services:	NA	NA	4.60	5.05	4.60	5.10	5.60
Other Support Services:	0.00	56.21	NA	NA	NA	NA	35.00
Student-Teacher Ratio:	18.55	NA	16.97	17.14	16.53	16.50	19.46

Schools

Challand Middle School	Grade 6 to Grade 8	1700 6th Ave, Sterling IL 61081
Franklin Elementary School	Prekindergarten to Grade 2	1510 East 25th St, Sterling IL 61081
Jefferson Elementary School	Prekindergarten to Grade 2	806 East Le Fevre Rd, Sterling IL 61081
Lincoln Elementary School	Grade 3 to Grade 5	1501 East 6th St, Sterling IL 61081
Sterling High School	Grade 9 to Grade 12	1608 4th Ave, Sterling IL 61081
Washington Elementary School	Grade 3 to Grade 5	815 West Le Fevre Rd, Sterling IL 61081

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	State Average
ISAT Test
2003	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	90.5%	75.7%
2004	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	84.8%	79.1%
2005	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	91.3%	79.3%
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	93.2%	85.6%
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	95.0%	86.7%
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	93.1%	85.1%
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	92.8%	85.2%
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	93.7%	86.4%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	92.2%	87.3%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	84.2%	87.7%
2013	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	56.2%	54.8%
2003	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	69.3%	62.0%
2004	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	70.4%	65.1%
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	80.6%	66.6%
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	75.2%	70.7%
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	81.9%	72.9%
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	86.6%	71.8%
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	79.8%	72.2%
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	84.4%	73.7%
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	81.1%	74.7%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	82.6%	76.0%
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	64.5%	58.8%
2006	Math	4th Grade	% met std	92.1%	84.8%
2007	Math	4th Grade	% met std	93.0%	86.4%
2008	Math	4th Grade	% met std	90.4%	84.6%
2009	Math	4th Grade	% met std	92%	85.8%
2010	Math	4th Grade	% met std	89.2%	85.9%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	91.7%	87.7%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	91.4%	88.1%
2013	Math	4th Grade	% met std	55.9%	60.2%
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	77.6%	72.9%
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	75.8%	73.7%
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	80.7%	73.2%
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	81.4%	73.8%
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	80.4%	73.7%
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	81.3%	74.7%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	83.3%	76.0%
2013	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	61.5%	59.2%
2003	Science	4th Grade	% met std	74.7%	66.5%
2004	Science	4th Grade	% met std	70.7%	67.8%
2005	Science	4th Grade	% met std	77.2%	71.4%
2006	Science	4th Grade	% met std	90.9%	79.9%
2007	Science	4th Grade	% met std	82.4%	79.7%
2008	Science	4th Grade	% met std	86.2%	76.2%
2009	Science	4th Grade	% met std	86.5%	76.8%
2010	Science	4th Grade	% met std	83.6%	76.6%
2011	Science	4th Grade	% met std	85.3%	79.4%
2012	Science	4th Grade	% met std	90.1%	79.8%
2013	Science	4th Grade	% met std	82.8%	80.9%
2003	Math	5th Grade	% met std	70.2%	68.3%
2004	Math	5th Grade	% met std	78.5%	71.8%
2005	Math	5th Grade	% met std	82.3%	73.2%
2006	Math	5th Grade	% met std	86.3%	78.6%
2007	Math	5th Grade	% met std	88.7%	82.5%
2008	Math	5th Grade	% met std	87.6%	81.3%
2009	Math	5th Grade	% met std	90.6%	82.5%
2010	Math	5th Grade	% met std	90.5%	83.4%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	88.4%	84.0%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	87.0%	83.6%
2013	Math	5th Grade	% met std	57.6%	59.4%
2003	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	62.0%	60.4%
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	67.6%	60.9%
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	71.1%	62.7%
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	73.3%	68.5%
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	80.6%	69.7%
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	81.1%	73.6%
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	82.6%	73.5%
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	85.3%	74.7%
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	78.2%	76.4%
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	84.7%	77.8%
2013	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	65.6%	58.9%
2006	Math	6th Grade	% met std	80.8%	79.1%
2007	Math	6th Grade	% met std	88.0%	81.4%
2008	Math	6th Grade	% met std	89.2%	82.7%
2009	Math	6th Grade	% met std	84.0%	82.4%
2010	Math	6th Grade	% met std	85.4%	84.6%
2011	Math	6th Grade	% met std	84.5%	83.9%
2012	Math	6th Grade	% met std	88.1%	84.9%
2013	Math	6th Grade	% met std	53.7%	59.6%
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	75.1%	72.8%
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	72.4%	73.4%
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	86.7%	79.1%
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	83.0%	79.9%
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	84.3%	81.2%
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	91.8%	84.1%
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	87.6%	81.7%
2013	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	62.3%	58.9%
2006	Math	7th Grade	% met std	75.6%	76.0%
2007	Math	7th Grade	% met std	78.1%	79.4%
2008	Math	7th Grade	% met std	84.9%	80.4%
2009	Math	7th Grade	% met std	86.7%	82.7%
2010	Math	7th Grade	% met std	81.0%	84.4%
2011	Math	7th Grade	% met std	84.3%	84.3%
2012	Math	7th Grade	% met std	83.4%	84.6%
2013	Math	7th Grade	% met std	53.0%	59.1%
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	73.8%	72%
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	72.0%	73.3%
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	80.8%	77.7%
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	78.8%	77.5%
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	74.7%	77.4%
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	80.3%	78.8%
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	81.2%	78.1%
2013	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	58.0%	58.5%
2003	Science	7th Grade	% met std	71.8%	73.7%
2004	Science	7th Grade	% met std	75.4%	74.4%
2005	Science	7th Grade	% met std	76.5%	74.6%
2006	Science	7th Grade	% met std	84.9%	80.9%
2007	Science	7th Grade	% met std	85.8%	79.3%
2008	Science	7th Grade	% met std	82.3%	79.2%
2009	Science	7th Grade	% met std	85.9%	79.5%
2010	Science	7th Grade	% met std	82.8%	82.4%
2011	Science	7th Grade	% met std	83.5%	81.9%
2012	Science	7th Grade	% met std	82.7%	79.9%
2013	Science	7th Grade	% met std	80.7%	79.0%
2003	Math	8th Grade	% met std	57.6%	53.1%
2004	Math	8th Grade	% met std	64.3%	54.4%
2005	Math	8th Grade	% met std	58.6%	54.3%
2006	Math	8th Grade	% met std	80.9%	78.2%
2007	Math	8th Grade	% met std	87.8%	81.3%
2008	Math	8th Grade	% met std	87.0%	80.3%
2009	Math	8th Grade	% met std	86.4%	81.7%
2010	Math	8th Grade	% met std	86.5%	83.7%
2011	Math	8th Grade	% met std	82.2%	86.3%
2012	Math	8th Grade	% met std	85.9%	85.0%
2013	Math	8th Grade	% met std	48.9%	58.9%
2003	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	61.9%	63.7%
2004	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	66.3%	67.1%
2005	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	76.8%	72.8%
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	79.1%	79.2%
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	84.5%	81.7%
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	86.6%	81.4%
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	84.0%	83.6%
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	86.8%	84.1%
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	83.1%	85.0%
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	88.2%	86.2%
2013	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	57.8%	59.8%
PSAE Test
2003	Math	11th Grade	% met std	54.1%	53.3%
2004	Math	11th Grade	% met std	51.7%	53.1%
2005	Math	11th Grade	% met std	45.2%	52.8%
2006	Math	11th Grade	% met std	55.5%	53.7%
2007	Math	11th Grade	% met std	54.4%	52.7%
2008	Math	11th Grade	% met std	53%	53.0%
2009	Math	11th Grade	% met std	50%	51.6%
2010	Math	11th Grade	% met std	55.3%	52.7%
2011	Math	11th Grade	% met std	52.1%	51.3%
2012	Math	11th Grade	% met std	59.3%	51.6%
2013	Math	11th Grade	% met std	59.7%	51.8%
2003	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	60.8%	56.4%
2004	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	54.0%	56.8%
2005	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	53.1%	59.5%
2006	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	64%	58.4%
2007	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	53.1%	54.0%
2008	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	49.1%	53.3%
2009	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	56.0%	56.9%
2010	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	58.8%	54.0%
2011	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	49.2%	51.1%
2012	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	55.2%	50.6%
2013	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	53.0%	54.8%
2003	Science	11th Grade	% met std	49.7%	51.3%
2004	Science	11th Grade	% met std	43.8%	52.9%
2005	Science	11th Grade	% met std	43.5%	52.5%
2006	Science	11th Grade	% met std	53.3%	50.8%
2007	Science	11th Grade	% met std	48.2%	51.0%
2008	Science	11th Grade	% met std	47.9%	51.2%
2009	Science	11th Grade	% met std	40.9%	50.5%
2010	Science	11th Grade	% met std	50.5%	52.4%
2011	Science	11th Grade	% met std	44.2%	49.2%
2012	Science	11th Grade	% met std	50.2%	51.7%
2013	Science	11th Grade	% met std	43.9%	49.4%

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School District Fiscal Information

	2012			2011			2010
	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%
Total Revenue:	$36,768,000	$10,685		$38,594,000	$10,868		$33,507,000	$9,297
Federal:	$2,071,000	$602	5.6%	$4,123,000	$1,161	10.7%	$4,702,000	$1,305	14.0%
State:	$15,747,000	$4,576	42.8%	$16,088,000	$4,531	41.7%	$14,081,000	$3,907	42.0%
Local:	$18,950,000	$5,507	51.5%	$18,383,000	$5,177	47.6%	$14,724,000	$4,085	43.9%
Total Expenditures:	$38,312,000	$11,134		$37,330,000	$10,513		$36,122,000	$10,023
Total Current Expenditures:	$32,460,000	$9,433		$32,002,000	$9,012		$32,283,000	$8,958
Instructional Expenditures:	$21,636,000	$6,288	66.7%	$21,266,000	$5,989	66.5%	$21,114,000	$5,858	65.4%
Student and Staff Support:	$1,470,000	$427	4.5%	$1,472,000	$415	4.6%	$1,915,000	$531	5.9%
Administration:	$3,814,000	$1,108	11.7%	$3,736,000	$1,052	11.7%	$3,435,000	$953	10.6%
Operations, Food, Other:	$5,540,000	$1,610	17.1%	$5,528,000	$1,557	17.3%	$5,819,000	$1,615	18.0%
Total Capital Outlay:	$3,892,000	$1,131		$3,252,000	$916		$2,243,000	$622
Construction:	$3,018,000	$877		$2,563,000	$722		$1,800,000	$499
Total Other:	$33,000	$10		$40,000	$11		$69,000	$19
Interest on Debt:	$589,000	$171		$483,000	$136		$523,000	$145

Total Salary:	$17,169,000	$4,990		$16,989,000	$4,784		$17,161,000	$4,762
Instruction/Teacher Salary:	$13,421,000	$3,900	78.2%	$13,291,000	$3,743	78.2%	$13,188,000	$3,659	76.8%
Other Salary:	$3,748,000	$1,089	21.8%	$3,698,000	$1,041	21.8%	$3,973,000	$1,102	23.2%
Total Benefit:	$9,267,000	$2,693		$8,845,000	$2,491		$8,970,000	$2,489
Instruction/Teacher Benefit:	$7,129,000	$2,072	76.9%	$6,837,000	$1,925	77.3%	$6,847,000	$1,900	76.3%
Other Benefit:	$2,138,000	$621	23.1%	$2,008,000	$565	22.7%	$2,123,000	$589	23.7%

* Sterling Community Unit District 5 was rated 3.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.