About Buncombe Consolidated SD 43
Buncombe Consolidated SD 43 is a public school system serving Johnson County, Illinois, based in Buncombe. It serves 51 students across 1 schools spanning K–8, and is classified as a rural: remote district. By enrollment it is the #858 largest of Illinois’s 862 school systems.
Size and structure
Buncombe Consolidated SD 43 enrolls 51 students in 1 schools — an average of about 51 students per school. It serves grades K–8 and ranks #858 of 862 statewide by enrollment.
Who the district serves
Student race and ethnicity in Buncombe Consolidated SD 43, from the NCES Common Core of Data (51 students reported):
For economically-disadvantaged, English-learner, and special-education shares, plus school-by-school detail, see the federal sources in the full-data section.
Teachers & staff
Buncombe Consolidated SD 43 employs about 7 full-time-equivalent teachers for a student–teacher ratio of 7.3:1 — below the Illinois average of about 13.6:1, meaning comparatively smaller classes. Total district staff is roughly 18.
Counselor and librarian/media counts are not published at the district level in the current NCES release; see the federal full-data links for staffing detail.
How Illinois funds schools
District-level per-pupil spending and the local/state/federal revenue split for Buncombe Consolidated SD 43 are published in the federal school-finance files — see the full-data links below for the current figures.
Report card & state results
Illinois publishes the Illinois Report Card each year, reporting achievement and growth in English language arts and math, graduation, attendance, finances and climate, and assigns each school a summative designation (Exemplary, Commendable, Targeted or Comprehensive Support). Look up Buncombe Consolidated SD 43 on the Illinois Report Card.
Accreditation status
Illinois does not use an outside accreditor for public districts; the Illinois State Board of Education grants official recognition status based on compliance with state standards, and private accreditation (for example through Cognia) is voluntary. See ISBE’s public-school recognition.
Buncombe Consolidated SD 43 vs. Illinois
See every Illinois district side by side in the Illinois directory.
Look up Buncombe Consolidated SD 43’s full data
These official sources carry the district-level detail — finances, discipline, equity, test scores, boundaries. Direct links for this district (via its NCES ID):