About Carthage ESD 317
Carthage ESD 317 is a public school system serving Hancock County, Illinois, based in Carthage. It serves 405 students across 2 schools spanning PreK–8, and is classified as a rural: remote district. By enrollment it is the #649 largest of Illinois’s 862 school systems.
Size and structure
Carthage ESD 317 enrolls 405 students in 2 schools — an average of about 202 students per school. It serves grades PreK–8 and ranks #649 of 862 statewide by enrollment.
Who the district serves
Student race and ethnicity in Carthage ESD 317, from the NCES Common Core of Data (405 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
Carthage ESD 317 employs about 29 full-time-equivalent teachers for a student–teacher ratio of 14.0:1 — above the Illinois average of about 13.6:1. Total district staff is roughly 60.
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 Carthage ESD 317 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 Carthage ESD 317 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.
Carthage ESD 317 vs. Illinois
See every Illinois district side by side in the Illinois directory.
Look up Carthage ESD 317’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):