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Harlem UD 122

Machesney Park, Illinois · Superintendent: Dr. Terrell Yarbrough · #45 of 376 Illinois districts by enrollment

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6,108

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$16,884

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · about the same as the Illinois median

13.8

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Illinois median 13.6

Harlem UD 122 is a public school district based in Machesney Park, Illinois, serving 6,108 students in 11 schools. By enrollment it ranks #45 of the 376 Illinois districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 88% of them. Its schools average 555 students each, more than the Illinois median of 465. Its superintendent is Dr. Terrell Yarbrough. It spends about $16,884 per student on day-to-day operations, about the state median. It has roughly 13.8 students per teacher.

How Harlem UD 122 compares

Harlem UD 122Illinois median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$16,884

Illinois median $16,815 · about the same · FY2020-21

Instruction spending per student$10,461

Illinois median $10,013 · about the same · FY2020-21

Students per school555

Illinois median 465 · 19% above · 2024-25

Students per teacher13.8

Illinois median 13.6 · about the same · 2024-25

Students per counselor470

Illinois median 490 · about the same · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$119.9 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 8%State 49%Local 43%

Measure	Harlem UD 122	Illinois median	Year
Current spending per student	$16,884	$16,815	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$10,461	$10,013	FY2020-21
Total spending	$113.4 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$119.9 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	444	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	1,164	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	13.8	13.6	2024-25
Students per counselor	470	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. Terrell Yarbrough

Superintendent, Harlem UD 122

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
Evanston CCSD 65Evanston	6,136	17	$21,810	10.1	#44
Harlem UD 122Machesney Park · this district	6,108	11	$16,884	13.8	#45
Round Lake CUSD 116Round Lake	6,103	9	$21,990	12.6	#46
Woodstock CUSD 200Woodstock	6,097	12	$19,255	14.6	#47
Collinsville CUSD 10Collinsville	6,031	11	$10,650	13.9	#48

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Davie County SchoolsMocksville, NC	6,116	$10,301	16.8
ArlingtonArlington, MA	6,113	$18,679	12.6
Spring Lake Park Public SchoolsSpring Lake Park, MN	6,113	$11,346	16.3
Franklin County Public SchoolsRocky Mount, VA	6,109	$12,712	10.8

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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