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Carbondale CHSD 165

Carbondale, Illinois · Superintendent: Dr. Daniel Booth · #371 of 376 Illinois districts by enrollment

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1,023

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$20,361

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · 21% above the Illinois median

14.2

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Illinois median 13.6

Carbondale CHSD 165 is a public school district based in Carbondale, Illinois, serving 1,023 students in 1 schools. By enrollment it ranks #371 of the 376 Illinois districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 1% of them. Its schools average 1,023 students each, more than the Illinois median of 465. Its superintendent is Dr. Daniel Booth. It spends about $20,361 per student on day-to-day operations, 21% more than the Illinois median. It has roughly 14.2 students per teacher.

How Carbondale CHSD 165 compares

Carbondale CHSD 165Illinois median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$20,361

Illinois median $16,815 · 21% above · FY2020-21

Instruction spending per student$12,142

Illinois median $10,013 · 21% above · FY2020-21

Students per school1,023

Illinois median 465 · 120% above · 2024-25

Students per teacher14.2

Illinois median 13.6 · about the same · 2024-25

Students per counselor256

Illinois median 490 · 48% below · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$24.4 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 8%State 36%Local 56%

Measure	Carbondale CHSD 165	Illinois median	Year
Current spending per student	$20,361	$16,815	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$12,142	$10,013	FY2020-21
Total spending	$21.5 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$24.4 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	72	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	154	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	14.2	13.6	2024-25
Students per counselor	256	490	2024-25

Spending: NCES school district finance survey (F-33), FY2020-21. Staffing and enrollment: NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25. Via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. The Illinois median compares districts with 1,000 or more students.

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Dr. Daniel Booth

Superintendent, Carbondale CHSD 165

Source: Illinois State Board of Education, Directory of Educational Entities, checked 2026-10-19. Report a change

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Peer districts in Illinois

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District	Students	Schools	Spending per student	Students per teacher	Rank
Porta CUSD 202Petersburg	1,034	3	$13,550	12.6	#369
Sunnybrook School District 171Lansing	1,025	2	$13,636	15.1	#370
Carbondale CHSD 165Carbondale · this district	1,023	1	$20,361	14.2	#371
Worth School District 127Worth	1,015	4	$15,762	12.2	#372
Warrensburg-Latham CUSD 11Warrensburg	1,014	3	$12,710	16.1	#373

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Carroll Consolidated School CorporationFlora, IN	1,023	$9,466	14.8
Monticello Community School DistrictMonticello, IA	1,023	$11,772	13.6
HarvardHarvard, MA	1,023	$21,537	11.9
Valley LocalLucasville, OH	1,023	$11,199	16.2

Peers are the districts closest in enrollment, so they can still differ in many other ways. Enrollment, school counts and phone numbers are from the NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25.

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