Armstrong-Ellis Community School District 61 reported one of the smallest student-to-administrator ratios in Illinois, according to the latest Illinois Schools Report Card.
Statewide, there are about 2 million students enrolled, the 2016-17 Illinois State Board of Education report said. On average, there are 190 students for every administrator, or 10,526 administrators in the state. The average administrator earns $106,273 a year.
Smallest student-administrator ratios
Rank
District
County
Enrollment
Student-to-Administrator Ratio
1
Venice Community Unit School District 3
Madison
58
29:1
2
Rutland Community Consolidated School District 230
Lasalle
59
39:1
3
Ohio Community High School District 505
Bureau
40
40:1
4
Rooks Creek Community Consolidated School District 425
Livingston
45
45:1
5
Creston Community Consolidated School District 161
Ogle
95
48:1
6
Kings Consolidated School District 144
Ogle
71
51:1
7
Ford Heights School District 169
Cook
434
54:1
8
Mcclellan Community Consolidated School District 12
Jefferson
61
56:1
9
Buncombe Consolidated School District 43
Johnson
56
56:1
10
Chicago Lighthouse Charter School
Cook
176
59:1
11
Steward Elementary School District 220
Lee
60
60:1
12
La Moille Community Unit School District 303
Bureau
241
60:1
13
Ohio Community Consolidated School District 17
Bureau
62
62:1
14
General George Patton School District 133
Cook
287
64:1
15
Farrington Community Consolidated School District 99
Jefferson
67
64:1
16
Brussels Community Unit School District 42
Calhoun
132
64:1
17
Rondout School District 72
Lake
142
65:1
18
Grand Prairie Community Consolidated School District 6
Jefferson
79
66:1
19
Crescent Iroquois Community Unit School District 249
Iroquois
67
67:1
20
St. Anne Community High School District 302
Kankakee
241
69:1
21
Pembroke Community Consolidated School District 259
Kankakee
212
71:1
22
Lostant Community Unit School District 425
Lasalle
71
71:1
23
Armstrong-Ellis Community School District 61
Vermilion
72
72:1
24
Southland College Prep
Cook
522
73:1
25
Amandla Charter School
Cook
277
75:1
26
Forest Park School District 91
Cook
837
76:1
27
Ludlow Community Consolidated School District 142
Champaign
80
79:1
28
Dalzell Grade School District 98
Bureau
68
80:1
29
Vernon Hills Community High School District 128
Lake
3,308
81:1
30
Community High School District 117
Lake
2,710
82:1
31
Akin Community Consolidated School District 91
Franklin
90
82:1
32
Shawnee Community Unit School District 84
Union
332
83:1
33
Eswood Community Consolidated School District 269
Ogle
86
86:1
34
Hazel Crest School District 152.5
Cook
1,006
87:1
35
Oakland Community Unit School District 5
Coles
260
87:1
36
Thomasboro Community Consolidated School District 130
Champaign
191
87:1
37
Fairmont School District 89
Will
311
88:1
38
St. Libory Consolidated School District 30
St. Clair
88
88:1
39
Dwight Township High School District 230
Livingston
260
89:1
40
Dimmick Community Consolidated School District 175
Lasalle
169
89:1
41
Malden Community Consolidated School District 84
Bureau
89
89:1
42
Grass Lake School District 36
Lake
180
90:1
43
Lake Forest Community High School District 115
Lake
1,676
91:1
44
Niles Township Community High School District 219
Cook
4,587
91:1
45
Hartsburg Emden Community Unit School District 21
Logan
183
92:1
46
Grayslake Community High School District 127
Lake
2,940
92:1
47
Virginia Community Unit School District 64
Cass
294
92:1
48
Armstrong Township High School District 225
Vermilion
139
93:1
49
Sunset Ridge School District 29
Cook
466
93:1
50
South Fork School District 14
Christian
327
93:1
51
Salt Creek School District 48
Dupage
503
94:1
52
Greenview Community Unit School District 200
Menard
219
94:1
53
Benton Community High School District 103
Franklin
565
94:1
54
Allen Otter Creek Community Consolidated School District 65
Lasalle
95
95:1
55
Opdyke Belle Rive Community Consolidated School District 5
Jefferson
169
97:1
56
New Holland-Middletown Elementary School District 88
Logan
116
97:1
57
Beecher City Community Unit School District 20
Effingham
294
98:1
58
Geff Community Consolidated School District 14
Wayne
98
98:1
59
Madison Community Unit School District 12
Madison
688
98:1
60
Bluford Unit School District 318
Jefferson
401
98:1
61
Butler School District 53
Dupage
532
99:1
62
Posen Robbins Elementary School District 143.5
Cook
1,603
100:1
63
Tonica Community Consolidated School District 79
Lasalle
200
100:1
64
Community Consolidated School District 168
Cook
1,405
100:1
65
Hoover Schrum Memorial School District 157
Cook
909
101:1
66
Braceville School District 75
Grundy
122
102:1
67
Hillside School District 93
Cook
509
102:1
68
Damiansville School District 62
Clinton
102
102:1
69
Bloom Township High School District 206
Cook
3,067
103:1
70
Tamaroa School District 5
Perry
113
103:1
71
Highland Park Township High School District 113
Lake
3,710
103:1
72
Mazon-Verona-Kinsman Elementary School District 2c
Grundy
309
103:1
73
Meredosia-Chambersburg Community Unit School District 11
Morgan
206
103:1
74
Ladd Community Consolidated School District 94
Bureau
207
104:1
75
Union School District 81
Will
104
104:1
76
West Lincoln-Broadwell Elementary School District 92
Logan
209
104:1
77
Bement Community Unit School District 5
Piatt
317
106:1
78
Ridgewood Community High School District 234
Cook
847
106:1
79
Mchenry Community High School District 156
Mchenry
2,227
106:1
80
Lisle Community Unit School District 202
Dupage
1,487
106:1
81
Seneca Township High School District 160
Lasalle
425
106:1
82
Evanston Township High School District 202
Cook
3,329
107:1
83
Emmons School District 33
Lake
320
107:1
84
Lindop School District 92
Cook
420
107:1
85
Fairfield Community High School District 225
Wayne
428
107:1
86
Deland-Weldon Community Unit School District 57
Piatt
215
107:1
87
Maine Township High School District 207
Cook
6,352
107:1
88
Skokie School District 73-5
Cook
1,079
108:1
89
Cornell Community Consolidated School District 426
Livingston
108
108:1
90
Rich Township High School District 227
Cook
3,057
109:1
91
Waltham Community Consolidated School District 185
Lasalle
218
109:1
92
Learn 9 In Waukegan
Lake
328
109:1
93
Country Club Hills School District 160
Cook
1,203
109:1
94
Pleasant Hill Community Unit School District 3
Pike
304
110:1
95
Palos Heights School District 128
Cook
705
110:1
96
Grand Ridge Community Consolidated School District 95
Lasalle
221
110:1
97
Scott Morgan Community Unit School District 2
Scott
221
110:1
98
Fox Lake Grade School District 114
Lake
780
111:1
99
Community High School District 99
Dupage
4,880
112:1
100
Sunnybrook School District 171
Cook
1,008
112:1
ORGANIZATIONS IN THIS STORY
Thomasboro Community Consolidated School District 130• Steward Elementary School District 220• Hoover-Schrum Memorial School District 157• Brussels Community Unit School District 42 Board• Niles Township Community High School District 219 Board• McHenry Community High School District 156• Tonica Community Consolidated School District 79• Dalzell School District 98• Lindop School District 92• Hillside School District 93 Board• Pleasant Hill Community Unit School District 3• Malden Community Consolidated School District 84 Board• Grayslake Community High School District 127• Ford Heights School District 169• Palos Heights School District 128 Board• Creston Community Consolidated School District 161• Evanston Township High School District 202• Seneca Township High School District 160• Southland College Prep Charter High School• Lake Forest Community High School District 115• Salt Creek School District 48• Hazel Crest School District 152-5• Braceville School District 75 Board• Scott-Morgan Community Unit School District 2• Deland-Weldon Community Unit School District 57• Fairmont School District 89 Board• La Moille Community Unit School District 303• Waltham Community Consolidated School District 185• Buncombe Consolidated School District 43• Chicago Lighthouse Charter School• Eswood Community Consolidated District 269 Board• Venice Community Unit School District 3 Board• Sunnybrook School District 171• St. Anne Community High School District 302 Board• Butler School District 53• South Fork School District 14 Board• Farrington Community Consolidated School District 99• Community Consolidated School District 168• Lisle Community Unit School District 202 Board• Union School District 81 Board• Armstrong-Ellis Consolidated School District 61• Rooks Creek Community Consolidated School District 425• Oakland Community Unit School District 5• Pembroke Consolidated Community School District 259 Board• Bement Community Unit School District 5• Rich Township High School District 227• Greenview Community Unit School District 200 Board• Community High School District 117• Township High School District 113 Board• Allen Otter Creek Community Consolidated School District 65• Forest Park School District 91• Maine Township High School District 207• Ladd Community Consolidated School District 94• New Holland-Middletown Elementary School District 88 Board• Country Club Hills School District 160• Virginia Community Unit School District 64 Board• Bloom Township High School District 206 Board• Shawnee Community Unit School District 84• Ludlow Community Consolidated School District 142• General George Patton School District 133• Benton Community High School District 103• West Lincoln-Broadwell Elementary School District 92• Grand Prairie Community Consolidated School District 6• Vernon Hills Community High School District 128• Ohio Community Consolidated School District 17• Ohio Community High School District 505• Armstrong Township High School District 225 Board• Cornell Community Consolidated School District 426• Skokie School District 73-5• Learn 9 In Waukegan• Grand Ridge Community Consolidated School District 95• Grass Lake School District 36 Board• Madison Community Unit School District 12• Emmons School District 33• Meredosia-Chambersburg Community Unit School District 11 Board• Rutland Community Consolidated School District 230 Board• Fox Lake Grade School District 114• Sunset Ridge School District 29 Board• Rondout School District 72• Damiansville School District 62• Lostant Community Unit School District 425 Board• Bluford Unit School District 318• McClellan Community Consolidated School District 12• Mazon-Verona-Kinsman Elementary School District 2c• Dwight Township High School District 230 Board• Crescent-Iroquois Community Unit School District 249• Akin Community Consolidated School District 91 Board• Beecher Community Unit School District 200u• Geff Community Consolidated School District 14• Dimmick Community Consolidated School District 175• Amandla Charter School• Kings Consolidated School District 144• Downers Grove Community High School District 99• St. Libory Consolidated School District 30• Tamaroa School District 5
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