About Chester CUSD 139
Chester CUSD 139 is a public school system serving Randolph County, Illinois, based in Chester. It serves 975 students across 2 schools spanning PreK–12, and is classified as a town: remote district. By enrollment it is the #382 largest of Illinois’s 862 school systems.
Size and structure
Chester CUSD 139 enrolls 975 students in 2 schools — an average of about 488 students per school. It serves grades PreK–12 and ranks #382 of 862 statewide by enrollment.
Who the district serves
Student race and ethnicity in Chester CUSD 139, from the NCES Common Core of Data (975 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
Chester CUSD 139 employs about 71 full-time-equivalent teachers for a student–teacher ratio of 13.8:1 — above the Illinois average of about 13.6:1. Total district staff is roughly 181.
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 Chester CUSD 139 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 Chester CUSD 139 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.
Chester CUSD 139 vs. Illinois
See every Illinois district side by side in the Illinois directory.
Look up Chester CUSD 139’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):