Retired Charleston CUSD 1 employee Dawn Drake saved $82,927 toward her pension over 23 years working for public schools, Illinois Teachers' Retirement Fund (TRS) records show.
About 96 percent of ninth graders in 2017 were on track to graduate at a school where the four-year graduation rate was 80 percent that year, according to the latest Illinois schools report card by the Illinois State Board of Education.
The truancy rate at Neoga Jr/Sr High School rose to 6 percent during the 2016-17 school year, according to a East Central Reporter analysis of the latest Illinois schools report card.
The truancy rate at Teutopolis High School stayed flat at 0.0 percent during the 2016-17 school year, according to a East Central Reporter analysis of the latest Illinois schools report card.
The revenue Windsor Community Unified School District 1 received through local taxes decreased 2 percent from fiscal year 2008 to 2017, adjusted for inflation, according to a East Central Reporter analysis of public schools data.
Eastern Illinois University was among four-year schools in Illinois to report the highest rates of borrowers who started repaying student loans in 2014 and defaulted on those loans by the end of 2016, according to the latest data from the U.S. Department of Education.
The truancy rate at Arcola High School fell to 3 percent during the 2016-17 school year, according to a East Central Reporter analysis of the latest Illinois schools report card.
More than 85 percent of teachers stay at Tuscola High School year to year, according to the 2017 three-year average in the latest Illinois schools report card.
The revenue Lawrence County Community Unit School District 20 received through local taxes increased 8.4 percent from fiscal year 2008 to 2017, adjusted for inflation, according to a East Central Reporter analysis of public schools data.
The truancy rate at Bridgeport Grade School rose to 3 percent during the 2016-17 school year, according to a East Central Reporter analysis of the latest Illinois schools report card.