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Ashton Community Unit School District 275

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Ashton Community Unit School District 275 is located in north Illinois. Ashton Community Unit School District 275 has 147.40 square miles of land area and 0.26 square miles of water area. As of 2010-2014, the total Ashton Community Unit School District 275 population is 3,787. Ashton Community Unit School District 275 median household income is $53,933 in 2010-2014. Ashton Community Unit School District 275 median house value is $116,700 in 2010-2014. On average, Ashton Community Unit School District 275 is better than the state average in quality.

Ranking:	High School: (158 out of 476, top 33%) Elementary/Middle School: (225 out of 757, top 30%)* Rank: #296
Type:	Regular Local School District
Grade:	Prekindergarten to Grade 12
Number of Schools:	3
Population	3,787 (2010-2014), rank #604
Population Growth	-18.40% since 2005-2009, see rank
Population Density:	25.65/sq mi, rank #717
Median Household Income:	$53,933 at 2010-2014—-0.56% increase since 2005-2009, rank #449
Median House Price:	$116,700 at 2010-2014—-5.89% increase since 2005-2009, rank #469
Time Zone:	Central GMT -6:00 with Daylight Saving in the Summer
Land Area:	147.40 sq mi, rank #141
Water Area:	0.26 sq mi (0.17%), rank #428
State:	Illinois
County:	Ogle County, Lee County
City:	Franklin Grove, Ashton, Dixon, Lost Nation, Chana, West Brooklyn, Rochelle, Lee Center, Amboy
Zip:	61031, 61006, 61021, 61061, 61015, 61378, 61068, 61331, 61310
Area:	Rochelle, IL;Dixon, IL

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Ashton Community Unit School District 275 Map, Border, and Nearby Locations

611 Western Ave

Ashton IL, 61006, Lee County

Phone: 815-453-7461

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014	2012-2013	2011-2012	2010-2011	2009-2010	2008-2009	2007-2008
Total Students:	535	560	564	590	621	631	609
English Language Learner Students:	2	2	0	1	0	0	0
Total Teachers:	0.00	NA	45.69	47.59	43.50	44.80	40.00
Prekindergarten:	NA	NA	1.00	1.11	0.00	1.00	0.00
Kindergarten:	NA	NA	2.00	0.00	2.00	2.30	2.00
Elementary:	0.00	NA	23.69	27.21	23.00	24.00	15.00
Secondary:	0.00	NA	19.00	19.27	18.50	17.50	23.00
Ungraded:	NA	0.00	NA	NA	0.00	NA	NA
Total Other Staff:	0.00	43.00	6.92	7.03	6.92	7.90	10.90
Instructional Aides:	NA	12.00	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Instructional Coordinators & Supervisors:	NA	NA	0.00	0.00	0.00	1.00	0.00
Total Guidance Counselors:	0.00	2.00	1.00	1.02	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:	0.00	2.00	0.00	0.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
Other Guidance Counselors:	0.00	0.00	1.00	1.02	NA	NA	NA
Librarians/Media Specialists:	0.00	NA	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00
Library/Media Support:	0.00	0.00	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
District Administrators:	0.00	NA	0.92	1.01	0.92	0.90	0.90
District Administrative Support:	NA	0.00	NA	NA	NA	NA	0.00
School Administrators:	0.00	NA	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.00	2.00
School Administrative Support:	NA	2.00	NA	NA	NA	NA	0.00
Student Support Services:	NA	NA	0.00	0.00	0.00	NA	1.00
Other Support Services:	0.00	27.00	NA	NA	NA	NA	4.00
Student-Teacher Ratio:	NA	NA	12.34	12.40	14.28	14.08	15.23

Schools

Ashton-Franklin Center Elementary School	Prekindergarten to Grade 4	217 South Elm St, Franklin Grove IL 61031
Ashton-Franklin Center High School	Grade 9 to Grade 12	611 Western Ave, Ashton IL 61006
Ashton-Franklin Cntr Middle School	Grade 5 to Grade 8	318 East South St, Franklin Grove IL 61031

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	State Average
ISAT Test
2003	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	85.2%	75.7%
2004	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	84%	79.1%
2005	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	93.6%	79.3%
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	95.2%	85.6%
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	97.7%	86.7%
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	97.6%	85.1%
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	95.5%	85.2%
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	94.8%	86.4%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	84.6%	87.3%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	91.3%	87.7%
2013	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	54.8%	54.8%
2003	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	85.2%	62.0%
2004	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	80%	65.1%
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	85.2%	66.6%
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	85.8%	70.7%
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	90.7%	72.9%
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	90.2%	71.8%
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	93.3%	72.2%
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	92.3%	73.7%
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	87.2%	74.7%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	78.2%	76.0%
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	61.3%	58.8%
2006	Math	4th Grade	% met std	95.7%	84.8%
2007	Math	4th Grade	% met std	87.7%	86.4%
2008	Math	4th Grade	% met std	90.9%	84.6%
2009	Math	4th Grade	% met std	89.7%	85.8%
2010	Math	4th Grade	% met std	97.8%	85.9%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	94.6%	87.7%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	79.5%	88.1%
2013	Math	4th Grade	% met std	59.6%	60.2%
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	76.6%	72.9%
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	79.6%	73.7%
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	86.4%	73.2%
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	76.9%	73.8%
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	91.3%	73.7%
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	81.1%	74.7%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	79.5%	76.0%
2013	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	59.6%	59.2%
2003	Science	4th Grade	% met std	93.1%	66.5%
2004	Science	4th Grade	% met std	96.1%	67.8%
2005	Science	4th Grade	% met std	75.5%	71.4%
2006	Science	4th Grade	% met std	97.8%	79.9%
2007	Science	4th Grade	% met std	81.7%	79.7%
2008	Science	4th Grade	% met std	90.9%	76.2%
2009	Science	4th Grade	% met std	84.6%	76.8%
2010	Science	4th Grade	% met std	95.6%	76.6%
2011	Science	4th Grade	% met std	86.5%	79.4%
2012	Science	4th Grade	% met std	87.2%	79.8%
2013	Science	4th Grade	% met std	82.6%	80.9%
2003	Math	5th Grade	% met std	81.5%	68.3%
2004	Math	5th Grade	% met std	90.7%	71.8%
2005	Math	5th Grade	% met std	87.2%	73.2%
2006	Math	5th Grade	% met std	88.4%	78.6%
2007	Math	5th Grade	% met std	97.9%	82.5%
2008	Math	5th Grade	% met std	91.3%	81.3%
2009	Math	5th Grade	% met std	86.7%	82.5%
2010	Math	5th Grade	% met std	93.0%	83.4%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	93.1%	84.0%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	81.6%	83.6%
2013	Math	5th Grade	% met std	75.0%	59.4%
2003	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	70.3%	60.4%
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	75.0%	60.9%
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	80.9%	62.7%
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	74.4%	68.5%
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	77.1%	69.7%
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	78.2%	73.6%
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	82.2%	73.5%
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	90.7%	74.7%
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	93.0%	76.4%
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	81.6%	77.8%
2013	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	70.0%	58.9%
2006	Math	6th Grade	% met std	95.5%	79.1%
2007	Math	6th Grade	% met std	90.4%	81.4%
2008	Math	6th Grade	% met std	95.7%	82.7%
2009	Math	6th Grade	% met std	84.4%	82.4%
2010	Math	6th Grade	% met std	93.3%	84.6%
2011	Math	6th Grade	% met std	95%	83.9%
2012	Math	6th Grade	% met std	95.5%	84.9%
2013	Math	6th Grade	% met std	54.6%	59.6%
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	84.1%	72.8%
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	80.8%	73.4%
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	87.3%	79.1%
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	84.8%	79.9%
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	88.9%	81.2%
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	95.0%	84.1%
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	93.3%	81.7%
2013	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	66.7%	58.9%
2006	Math	7th Grade	% met std	86.0%	76.0%
2007	Math	7th Grade	% met std	93.2%	79.4%
2008	Math	7th Grade	% met std	81.8%	80.4%
2009	Math	7th Grade	% met std	91.5%	82.7%
2010	Math	7th Grade	% met std	88%	84.4%
2011	Math	7th Grade	% met std	92.7%	84.3%
2012	Math	7th Grade	% met std	92.1%	84.6%
2013	Math	7th Grade	% met std	61.7%	59.1%
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	82.5%	72%
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	75.0%	73.3%
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	72.7%	77.7%
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	78.8%	77.5%
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	86%	77.4%
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	95.2%	78.8%
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	84.2%	78.1%
2013	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	72.3%	58.5%
2003	Science	7th Grade	% met std	77.8%	73.7%
2004	Science	7th Grade	% met std	91.7%	74.4%
2005	Science	7th Grade	% met std	77.5%	74.6%
2006	Science	7th Grade	% met std	89.5%	80.9%
2007	Science	7th Grade	% met std	93.1%	79.3%
2008	Science	7th Grade	% met std	85.5%	79.2%
2009	Science	7th Grade	% met std	91.5%	79.5%
2010	Science	7th Grade	% met std	90%	82.4%
2011	Science	7th Grade	% met std	97.6%	81.9%
2012	Science	7th Grade	% met std	86.9%	79.9%
2013	Science	7th Grade	% met std	91.5%	79.0%
2003	Math	8th Grade	% met std	53.4%	53.1%
2004	Math	8th Grade	% met std	60.8%	54.4%
2005	Math	8th Grade	% met std	50.9%	54.3%
2006	Math	8th Grade	% met std	81.1%	78.2%
2007	Math	8th Grade	% met std	88.1%	81.3%
2008	Math	8th Grade	% met std	91.5%	80.3%
2009	Math	8th Grade	% met std	86.0%	81.7%
2010	Math	8th Grade	% met std	91.7%	83.7%
2011	Math	8th Grade	% met std	84%	86.3%
2012	Math	8th Grade	% met std	95.1%	85.0%
2013	Math	8th Grade	% met std	48.8%	58.9%
2003	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	71.4%	63.7%
2004	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	64.3%	67.1%
2005	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	73.6%	72.8%
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	83.0%	79.2%
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	86.6%	81.7%
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	91.5%	81.4%
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	82.5%	83.6%
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	81.2%	84.1%
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	86%	85.0%
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	92.7%	86.2%
2013	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	59.0%	59.8%
PSAE Test
2003	Math	11th Grade	% met std	25.8%	53.3%
2004	Math	11th Grade	% met std	52.1%	53.1%
2005	Math	11th Grade	% met std	57.8%	52.8%
2006	Math	11th Grade	% met std	48.5%	53.7%
2007	Math	11th Grade	% met std	59.1%	52.7%
2008	Math	11th Grade	% met std	57.5%	53.0%
2009	Math	11th Grade	% met std	59.6%	51.6%
2010	Math	11th Grade	% met std	55.5%	52.7%
2011	Math	11th Grade	% met std	63.6%	51.3%
2012	Math	11th Grade	% met std	49%	51.6%
2013	Math	11th Grade	% met std	56.5%	51.8%
2003	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	51.6%	56.4%
2004	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	47.8%	56.8%
2005	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	65.9%	59.5%
2006	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	48.6%	58.4%
2007	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	61.3%	54.0%
2008	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	70.2%	53.3%
2009	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	57.1%	56.9%
2010	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	59.3%	54.0%
2011	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	58.2%	51.1%
2012	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	51.0%	50.6%
2013	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	67.4%	54.8%
2003	Science	11th Grade	% met std	48.4%	51.3%
2004	Science	11th Grade	% met std	47.8%	52.9%
2005	Science	11th Grade	% met std	64.4%	52.5%
2006	Science	11th Grade	% met std	47.1%	50.8%
2007	Science	11th Grade	% met std	56.8%	51.0%
2008	Science	11th Grade	% met std	70.2%	51.2%
2009	Science	11th Grade	% met std	64.3%	50.5%
2010	Science	11th Grade	% met std	55.6%	52.4%
2011	Science	11th Grade	% met std	54.6%	49.2%
2012	Science	11th Grade	% met std	58.8%	51.7%
2013	Science	11th Grade	% met std	58.7%	49.4%

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School District Fiscal Information

	2012			2011			2010
	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%
Total Revenue:	$7,594,000	$13,465		NA	NA	NA	$6,341,000	$10,211
Federal:	$429,000	$761	5.6%	NA	NA	NA	$488,000	$786	7.7%
State:	$2,182,000	$3,869	28.7%	NA	NA	NA	$2,402,000	$3,868	37.9%
Local:	$4,983,000	$8,835	65.6%	NA	NA	NA	$3,451,000	$5,557	54.4%
Total Expenditures:	$6,939,000	$12,303		NA	NA	NA	$7,541,000	$12,143
Total Current Expenditures:	$6,520,000	$11,560		NA	NA	NA	$6,015,000	$9,686
Instructional Expenditures:	$3,743,000	$6,637	57.4%	NA	NA	NA	$3,603,000	$5,802	59.9%
Student and Staff Support:	$473,000	$839	7.3%	NA	NA	NA	$312,000	$502	5.2%
Administration:	$1,205,000	$2,137	18.5%	NA	NA	NA	$1,027,000	$1,654	17.1%
Operations, Food, Other:	$1,099,000	$1,949	16.9%	NA	NA	NA	$1,073,000	$1,728	17.8%
Total Capital Outlay:	$104,000	$184		NA	NA	NA	$1,070,000	$1,723
Construction:	$75,000	$133		NA	NA	NA	$0	$0
Total Other:	$0	$0		NA	NA	NA	$0	$0
Interest on Debt:	$193,000	$342		NA	NA	NA	$248,000	$399

Total Salary:	$3,545,000	$6,285		NA	NA	NA	$3,394,000	$5,465
Instruction/Teacher Salary:	$2,288,000	$4,057	64.5%	NA	NA	NA	$2,297,000	$3,699	67.7%
Other Salary:	$1,257,000	$2,229	35.5%	NA	NA	NA	$1,097,000	$1,767	32.3%
Total Benefit:	$1,889,000	$3,349		NA	NA	NA	$1,567,000	$2,523
Instruction/Teacher Benefit:	$1,278,000	$2,266	67.7%	NA	NA	NA	$1,118,000	$1,800	71.3%
Other Benefit:	$611,000	$1,083	32.3%	NA	NA	NA	$449,000	$723	28.7%

* Ashton Community Unit School District 275 was rated 4 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.