About Pope Co Cud 1 School District
Pope Co Cud 1 School District is a public school system serving Pope County, Illinois, based in Golconda. It serves 442 students across 2 schools spanning PreK–12, and is classified as a rural: distant district. By enrollment it is the #627 largest of Illinois’s 862 school systems.
Size and structure
Pope Co Cud 1 School District enrolls 442 students in 2 schools — an average of about 221 students per school. It serves grades PreK–12 and ranks #627 of 862 statewide by enrollment.
Who the district serves
Student race and ethnicity in Pope Co Cud 1 School District, from the NCES Common Core of Data (442 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
Pope Co Cud 1 School District employs about 38 full-time-equivalent teachers for a student–teacher ratio of 11.8:1 — below the Illinois average of about 13.6:1, meaning comparatively smaller classes. Total district staff is roughly 94.
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 Pope Co Cud 1 School District 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 Pope Co Cud 1 School District 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.
Pope Co Cud 1 School District vs. Illinois
See every Illinois district side by side in the Illinois directory.
Look up Pope Co Cud 1 School District’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):