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Community Unit School District 2

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Community Unit School District 2 is located in north Illinois. Community Unit School District 2 has 121.28 square miles of land area and 0.95 square miles of water area. As of 2010-2014, the total Community Unit School District 2 population is 6,076. Community Unit School District 2 median household income is $58,603 in 2010-2014. Community Unit School District 2 median house value is $183,000 in 2010-2014. On average, Community Unit School District 2 is better than the state average in quality.

Ranking:	High School: (262 out of 476, bottom 45%) Elementary/Middle School: (253 out of 757, top 33%)* Rank: #406
Type:	Regular Local School District
Grade:	Kindergarten to Grade 12
Number of Schools:	4
Population	6,076 (2010-2014), rank #497
Population Growth	-0.03% since 2005-2009, see rank
Population Density:	49.71/sq mi, rank #577
Median Household Income:	$58,603 at 2010-2014—6.80% increase since 2005-2009, rank #365
Median House Price:	$183,000 at 2010-2014—-9.67% increase since 2005-2009, rank #238
Time Zone:	Central GMT -6:00 with Daylight Saving in the Summer
Land Area:	121.28 sq mi, rank #185
Water Area:	0.95 sq mi (0.78%), rank #219
State:	Illinois
County:	La Salle County
City:	Ottawa, Serena, Sheridan, Leland, Marseilles, Seneca, Earlville, Wedron
Zip:	61350, 60549, 60551, 60531, 61341, 61360, 60518, 60557
Area:	Ottawa-Streator, IL

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Community Unit School District 2 Map, Border, and Nearby Locations

2283 North 3812th Rd

Serena IL, 60549, La Salle County

Phone: 815-496-2850

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014	2012-2013	2011-2012	2010-2011	2009-2010	2008-2009	2007-2008
Total Students:	730	784	820	842	837	865	852
English Language Learner Students:	0	1	1	1	4	0	5
Total Teachers:	56.47	NA	55.56	57.72	57.36	59.30	50.40
Prekindergarten:	NA	NA	0.00	0.00	0.00	NA	0.00
Kindergarten:	NA	NA	3.00	3.02	3.00	3.00	3.00
Elementary:	34.00	NA	33.00	34.86	32.80	36.80	25.80
Secondary:	22.47	NA	19.56	19.84	21.56	19.50	21.60
Ungraded:	NA	0.00	NA	NA	0.00	NA	NA
Total Other Staff:	6.80	77.00	10.00	10.38	10.67	9.60	17.70
Instructional Aides:	NA	21.16	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Instructional Coordinators & Supervisors:	NA	NA	0.00	0.00	0.00	NA	0.00
Total Guidance Counselors:	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
Elementary Guidance Counselors:	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	NA	0.00
Secondary Guidance Counselors:	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
Other Guidance Counselors:	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	NA	NA	NA
Librarians/Media Specialists:	0.80	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:	1.00	NA	1.00	1.09	1.00	1.00	1.00
District Administrative Support:	NA	2.00	NA	NA	NA	NA	0.00
School Administrators:	4.00	NA	4.00	4.00	4.00	4.00	4.00
School Administrative Support:	NA	11.03	NA	NA	NA	NA	0.00
Student Support Services:	NA	NA	3.00	3.29	3.67	2.60	2.70
Other Support Services:	0.00	41.81	NA	NA	NA	NA	8.00
Student-Teacher Ratio:	12.93	NA	14.76	14.59	14.59	14.59	16.90

Schools

Harding Grade School	Kindergarten to Grade 8	1643 North 40th Rd, Earlville IL 60518
Serena Elementary School	Kindergarten to Grade 8	2283 North 3812th Rd, Serena IL 60549
Serena High School	Grade 9 to Grade 12	2283 North 3812th Rd, Serena IL 60549
Sheridan Elementary School	Kindergarten to Grade 8	115 East Si Johnson Ave, Sheridan IL 60551

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	State Average
ISAT Test
2003	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	93.0%	75.7%
2004	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	95.4%	79.1%
2005	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	88.4%	79.3%
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	91.1%	85.6%
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	91.2%	86.7%
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	93.5%	85.1%
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	92.5%	85.2%
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	91.6%	86.4%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	94.6%	87.3%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	97.1%	87.7%
2013	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	50.9%	54.8%
2003	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	71.9%	62.0%
2004	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	81.8%	65.1%
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	88.4%	66.6%
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	80.4%	70.7%
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	74.7%	72.9%
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	89.2%	71.8%
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	73.6%	72.2%
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	80.3%	73.7%
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	87.3%	74.7%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	78.0%	76.0%
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	43.2%	58.8%
2006	Math	4th Grade	% met std	94.5%	84.8%
2007	Math	4th Grade	% met std	96.6%	86.4%
2008	Math	4th Grade	% met std	90.3%	84.6%
2009	Math	4th Grade	% met std	100.0%	85.8%
2010	Math	4th Grade	% met std	96.4%	85.9%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	94.3%	87.7%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	96.4%	88.1%
2013	Math	4th Grade	% met std	69.6%	60.2%
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	79.7%	72.9%
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	83.4%	73.7%
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	72.0%	73.2%
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	97.7%	73.8%
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	66.1%	73.7%
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	77.5%	74.7%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	90.9%	76.0%
2013	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	53.6%	59.2%
2003	Science	4th Grade	% met std	81.6%	66.5%
2004	Science	4th Grade	% met std	84.2%	67.8%
2005	Science	4th Grade	% met std	86.8%	71.4%
2006	Science	4th Grade	% met std	97.3%	79.9%
2007	Science	4th Grade	% met std	91.7%	79.7%
2008	Science	4th Grade	% met std	81.7%	76.2%
2009	Science	4th Grade	% met std	97.8%	76.8%
2010	Science	4th Grade	% met std	82.1%	76.6%
2011	Science	4th Grade	% met std	90.0%	79.4%
2012	Science	4th Grade	% met std	92.7%	79.8%
2013	Science	4th Grade	% met std	85.5%	80.9%
2003	Math	5th Grade	% met std	82.5%	68.3%
2004	Math	5th Grade	% met std	82.3%	71.8%
2005	Math	5th Grade	% met std	77.8%	73.2%
2006	Math	5th Grade	% met std	92.4%	78.6%
2007	Math	5th Grade	% met std	86.6%	82.5%
2008	Math	5th Grade	% met std	90.3%	81.3%
2009	Math	5th Grade	% met std	89.6%	82.5%
2010	Math	5th Grade	% met std	98.1%	83.4%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	87.5%	84.0%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	95.7%	83.6%
2013	Math	5th Grade	% met std	75.5%	59.4%
2003	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	65.1%	60.4%
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	70.8%	60.9%
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	57.4%	62.7%
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	86.4%	68.5%
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	77.4%	69.7%
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	88.5%	73.6%
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	77.9%	73.5%
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	94.2%	74.7%
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	69.6%	76.4%
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	84.3%	77.8%
2013	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	67.9%	58.9%
2006	Math	6th Grade	% met std	92.7%	79.1%
2007	Math	6th Grade	% met std	89.6%	81.4%
2008	Math	6th Grade	% met std	90.3%	82.7%
2009	Math	6th Grade	% met std	87.9%	82.4%
2010	Math	6th Grade	% met std	95.1%	84.6%
2011	Math	6th Grade	% met std	90.4%	83.9%
2012	Math	6th Grade	% met std	88.4%	84.9%
2013	Math	6th Grade	% met std	69.4%	59.6%
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	73.6%	72.8%
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	92.5%	73.4%
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	86.2%	79.1%
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	83.3%	79.9%
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	86.6%	81.2%
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	90.3%	84.1%
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	76.7%	81.7%
2013	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	50.0%	58.9%
2006	Math	7th Grade	% met std	88.8%	76.0%
2007	Math	7th Grade	% met std	88.1%	79.4%
2008	Math	7th Grade	% met std	92.8%	80.4%
2009	Math	7th Grade	% met std	93.0%	82.7%
2010	Math	7th Grade	% met std	89.6%	84.4%
2011	Math	7th Grade	% met std	94.9%	84.3%
2012	Math	7th Grade	% met std	92.4%	84.6%
2013	Math	7th Grade	% met std	66.6%	59.1%
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	79.2%	72%
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	74.6%	73.3%
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	88.6%	77.7%
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	82.0%	77.5%
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	84.9%	77.4%
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	78.8%	78.8%
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	84.9%	78.1%
2013	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	60.3%	58.5%
2003	Science	7th Grade	% met std	92.9%	73.7%
2004	Science	7th Grade	% met std	86.1%	74.4%
2005	Science	7th Grade	% met std	76.8%	74.6%
2006	Science	7th Grade	% met std	84.8%	80.9%
2007	Science	7th Grade	% met std	94.9%	79.3%
2008	Science	7th Grade	% met std	88.6%	79.2%
2009	Science	7th Grade	% met std	91.7%	79.5%
2010	Science	7th Grade	% met std	89.6%	82.4%
2011	Science	7th Grade	% met std	87.6%	81.9%
2012	Science	7th Grade	% met std	83.1%	79.9%
2013	Science	7th Grade	% met std	87.7%	79.0%
2003	Math	8th Grade	% met std	61.5%	53.1%
2004	Math	8th Grade	% met std	57.9%	54.4%
2005	Math	8th Grade	% met std	62.2%	54.3%
2006	Math	8th Grade	% met std	74.3%	78.2%
2007	Math	8th Grade	% met std	89.6%	81.3%
2008	Math	8th Grade	% met std	89.7%	80.3%
2009	Math	8th Grade	% met std	95.5%	81.7%
2010	Math	8th Grade	% met std	93.3%	83.7%
2011	Math	8th Grade	% met std	81.3%	86.3%
2012	Math	8th Grade	% met std	88.2%	85.0%
2013	Math	8th Grade	% met std	61.7%	58.9%
2003	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	69.2%	63.7%
2004	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	72.4%	67.1%
2005	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	80.5%	72.8%
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	75.7%	79.2%
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	75.3%	81.7%
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	81.0%	81.4%
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	95.5%	83.6%
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	90.6%	84.1%
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	89.1%	85.0%
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	92.1%	86.2%
2013	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	63.8%	59.8%
PSAE Test
2003	Math	11th Grade	% met std	47.0%	53.3%
2004	Math	11th Grade	% met std	52.9%	53.1%
2005	Math	11th Grade	% met std	53.8%	52.8%
2006	Math	11th Grade	% met std	57.8%	53.7%
2007	Math	11th Grade	% met std	50.8%	52.7%
2008	Math	11th Grade	% met std	59.7%	53.0%
2009	Math	11th Grade	% met std	35.7%	51.6%
2010	Math	11th Grade	% met std	57.4%	52.7%
2011	Math	11th Grade	% met std	41.4%	51.3%
2012	Math	11th Grade	% met std	50.0%	51.6%
2013	Math	11th Grade	% met std	59.3%	51.8%
2003	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	48.5%	56.4%
2004	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	57.2%	56.8%
2005	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	67.3%	59.5%
2006	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	64.4%	58.4%
2007	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	46.3%	54.0%
2008	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	54.6%	53.3%
2009	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	41.1%	56.9%
2010	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	61.8%	54.0%
2011	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	44.8%	51.1%
2012	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	54.7%	50.6%
2013	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	61.0%	54.8%
2003	Science	11th Grade	% met std	47.0%	51.3%
2004	Science	11th Grade	% met std	47.2%	52.9%
2005	Science	11th Grade	% met std	46.1%	52.5%
2006	Science	11th Grade	% met std	48.9%	50.8%
2007	Science	11th Grade	% met std	41.8%	51.0%
2008	Science	11th Grade	% met std	48.1%	51.2%
2009	Science	11th Grade	% met std	32.1%	50.5%
2010	Science	11th Grade	% met std	55.9%	52.4%
2011	Science	11th Grade	% met std	46.6%	49.2%
2012	Science	11th Grade	% met std	46.9%	51.7%
2013	Science	11th Grade	% met std	45.8%	49.4%

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

School District Fiscal Information

	2012			2011			2010
	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%
Total Revenue:	$10,940,000	$13,341		$10,679,000	$12,683		$9,078,000	$10,846
Federal:	$338,000	$412	3.1%	$390,000	$463	3.7%	$540,000	$645	5.9%
State:	$2,711,000	$3,306	24.8%	$2,711,000	$3,220	25.4%	$2,483,000	$2,967	27.4%
Local:	$7,891,000	$9,623	72.1%	$7,578,000	$9,000	71.0%	$6,055,000	$7,234	66.7%
Total Expenditures:	$10,619,000	$12,950		$9,928,000	$11,791		$10,325,000	$12,336
Total Current Expenditures:	$9,816,000	$11,971		$9,415,000	$11,182		$9,370,000	$11,195
Instructional Expenditures:	$5,895,000	$7,189	60.1%	$5,906,000	$7,014	62.7%	$5,842,000	$6,980	62.3%
Student and Staff Support:	$750,000	$915	7.6%	$656,000	$779	7.0%	$687,000	$821	7.3%
Administration:	$1,167,000	$1,423	11.9%	$1,089,000	$1,293	11.6%	$1,080,000	$1,290	11.5%
Operations, Food, Other:	$2,004,000	$2,444	20.4%	$1,764,000	$2,095	18.7%	$1,761,000	$2,104	18.8%
Total Capital Outlay:	$148,000	$180		$201,000	$239		$221,000	$264
Construction:	$2,000	$2		$0	$0		$0	$0
Total Other:	$0	$0		$0	$0		$0	$0
Interest on Debt:	$483,000	$589		$199,000	$236		$681,000	$814

Total Salary:	$5,784,000	$7,054		$5,669,000	$6,733		$5,533,000	$6,611
Instruction/Teacher Salary:	$3,957,000	$4,826	68.4%	$3,932,000	$4,670	69.4%	$3,775,000	$4,510	68.2%
Other Salary:	$1,827,000	$2,228	31.6%	$1,737,000	$2,063	30.6%	$1,758,000	$2,100	31.8%
Total Benefit:	$2,025,000	$2,470		$1,863,000	$2,213		$1,836,000	$2,194
Instruction/Teacher Benefit:	$1,256,000	$1,532	62.0%	$1,166,000	$1,385	62.6%	$1,155,000	$1,380	62.9%
Other Benefit:	$769,000	$938	38.0%	$697,000	$828	37.4%	$681,000	$814	37.1%

* Community Unit School District 2 was rated 3.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.