About Reed Custer CUSD 255U
Reed Custer CUSD 255U is a public school system serving Will County, Illinois, based in Braidwood. It serves 1,393 students across 3 schools spanning PreK–12, and is classified as a town: fringe district. By enrollment it is the #285 largest of Illinois’s 862 school systems.
Size and structure
Reed Custer CUSD 255U enrolls 1,393 students in 3 schools — an average of about 464 students per school. It serves grades PreK–12 and ranks #285 of 862 statewide by enrollment.
Who the district serves
Student race and ethnicity in Reed Custer CUSD 255U, from the NCES Common Core of Data (1,393 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
Reed Custer CUSD 255U employs about 115 full-time-equivalent teachers for a student–teacher ratio of 12.1:1 — below the Illinois average of about 13.6:1, meaning comparatively smaller classes. Total district staff is roughly 242.
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 Reed Custer CUSD 255U 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 Reed Custer CUSD 255U 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.
Reed Custer CUSD 255U vs. Illinois
See every Illinois district side by side in the Illinois directory.
Look up Reed Custer CUSD 255U’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):