About Ottawa ESD 141
Ottawa ESD 141 is a public school system serving Lasalle County, Illinois, based in Ottawa. It serves 1,747 students across 5 schools spanning PreK–8, and is classified as a town: distant district. By enrollment it is the #230 largest of Illinois’s 862 school systems.
Size and structure
Ottawa ESD 141 enrolls 1,747 students in 5 schools — an average of about 349 students per school. It serves grades PreK–8 and ranks #230 of 862 statewide by enrollment.
Who the district serves
Student race and ethnicity in Ottawa ESD 141, from the NCES Common Core of Data (1,747 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
Ottawa ESD 141 employs about 135 full-time-equivalent teachers for a student–teacher ratio of 12.9:1 — below the Illinois average of about 13.6:1, meaning comparatively smaller classes. Total district staff is roughly 287.
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 Ottawa ESD 141 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 Ottawa ESD 141 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.
Ottawa ESD 141 vs. Illinois
See every Illinois district side by side in the Illinois directory.
Look up Ottawa ESD 141’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):