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Vandalia Community Unit School District 203

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Vandalia Community Unit School District 203 is located in south Illinois. Vandalia Community Unit School District 203 has 233.59 square miles of land area and 1.55 square miles of water area. As of 2010-2014, the total Vandalia Community Unit School District 203 population is 11,080. Vandalia Community Unit School District 203 median household income is $49,772 in 2010-2014. Vandalia Community Unit School District 203 median house value is $86,600 in 2010-2014. On average, Vandalia Community Unit School District 203 is worse than the state average in quality.

Ranking:	High School: (373 out of 476, bottom 22%) Elementary/Middle School: (628 out of 757, bottom 17%)* Rank: #709
Type:	Regular Local School District
Grade:	Prekindergarten to Grade 12
Number of Schools:	4
Population	11,080 (2010-2014), rank #325
Population Growth	11.06% since 2005-2009, see rank
Population Density:	47.12/sq mi, rank #590
Median Household Income:	$49,772 at 2010-2014—19.61% increase since 2005-2009, rank #568
Median House Price:	$86,600 at 2010-2014—7.98% increase since 2005-2009, rank #664
Time Zone:	Central GMT -6:00 with Daylight Saving in the Summer
Land Area:	233.59 sq mi, rank #38
Water Area:	1.55 sq mi (0.66%), rank #161
State:	Illinois
County:	Montgomery County, Fayette County
City:	Fillmore, Coffeen, Vandalia, Shobonier, Saint Peter, Brownstown, Ramsey, Mulberry Grove, Bingham, Vernon
Zip:	62032, 62017, 62471, 62885, 62880, 62418, 62080, 62262, 62011, 62892
Area:	St. Louis, MO-IL;Centralia, IL

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Vandalia Community Unit School District 203 Map, Border, and Nearby Locations

1109 North 8th St

Vandalia IL, 62471, Fayette County

Phone: 618-283-4525

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014	2012-2013	2011-2012	2010-2011	2009-2010	2008-2009	2007-2008
Total Students:	1,567	1,564	1,557	1,561	1,713	1,719	1,746
English Language Learner Students:	1	2	0	0	1	0	1
Total Teachers:	101.50	NA	107.11	108.53	111.41	99.90	91.90
Prekindergarten:	NA	NA	2.00	1.11	5.00	4.00	4.00
Kindergarten:	NA	NA	5.00	0.00	5.00	6.00	6.00
Elementary:	62.00	NA	68.50	75.06	67.50	61.00	34.00
Secondary:	33.50	NA	31.61	32.36	33.91	28.90	47.90
Ungraded:	NA	0.00	NA	NA	0.00	NA	NA
Total Other Staff:	49.90	95.82	14.90	16.30	13.50	12.50	22.10
Instructional Aides:	NA	25.27	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Instructional Coordinators & Supervisors:	NA	NA	0.00	0.00	0.00	NA	0.70
Total Guidance Counselors:	2.90	3.90	3.90	3.90	2.50	3.50	2.50
Elementary Guidance Counselors:	1.90	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	0.00
Secondary Guidance Counselors:	1.00	1.90	1.90	1.90	0.50	1.50	2.50
Other Guidance Counselors:	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	NA	NA	NA
Librarians/Media Specialists:	0.00	NA	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
Library/Media Support:	2.00	0.00	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
District Administrators:	2.00	NA	1.00	1.09	1.00	1.00	1.00
District Administrative Support:	NA	1.11	NA	NA	NA	NA	1.00
School Administrators:	6.00	NA	6.00	7.01	6.00	6.00	5.00
School Administrative Support:	NA	11.32	NA	NA	NA	NA	0.00
Student Support Services:	NA	NA	3.00	3.30	3.00	1.00	0.00
Other Support Services:	37.00	54.22	NA	NA	NA	NA	10.90
Student-Teacher Ratio:	15.44	NA	14.54	14.38	15.38	17.21	19.00

Schools

Jefferson Primary School	Prekindergarten to Grade 1	1500 West Jefferson St, Vandalia IL 62471
Vandalia Community High School	Grade 9 to Grade 12	1109 North 8th St, Vandalia IL 62471
Vandalia Elementary School	Grade 2 to Grade 4	1017 West Fletcher St, Vandalia IL 62471
Vandalia Junior High School	Grade 5 to Grade 8	1011 West Fletcher St, Vandalia IL 62471

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	State Average
ISAT Test
2003	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	74.0%	75.7%
2004	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	83.1%	79.1%
2005	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	88.4%	79.3%
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	86.5%	85.6%
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	91.1%	86.7%
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	80.8%	85.1%
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	78.9%	85.2%
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	81.8%	86.4%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	89.4%	87.3%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	85.9%	87.7%
2013	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	43.9%	54.8%
2003	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	58%	62.0%
2004	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	73.4%	65.1%
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	73.2%	66.6%
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	79.2%	70.7%
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	75.8%	72.9%
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	64.1%	71.8%
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	53.5%	72.2%
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	74.0%	73.7%
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	71.7%	74.7%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	63.7%	76.0%
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	44.9%	58.8%
2006	Math	4th Grade	% met std	80.5%	84.8%
2007	Math	4th Grade	% met std	84.4%	86.4%
2008	Math	4th Grade	% met std	87.0%	84.6%
2009	Math	4th Grade	% met std	81.5%	85.8%
2010	Math	4th Grade	% met std	76.3%	85.9%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	85.7%	87.7%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	84.6%	88.1%
2013	Math	4th Grade	% met std	43.3%	60.2%
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	67.2%	72.9%
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	81.1%	73.7%
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	75.0%	73.2%
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	68.9%	73.8%
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	62.7%	73.7%
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	78.1%	74.7%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	70.9%	76.0%
2013	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	48.4%	59.2%
2003	Science	4th Grade	% met std	70.3%	66.5%
2004	Science	4th Grade	% met std	56.0%	67.8%
2005	Science	4th Grade	% met std	73.0%	71.4%
2006	Science	4th Grade	% met std	70.8%	79.9%
2007	Science	4th Grade	% met std	82.8%	79.7%
2008	Science	4th Grade	% met std	78.3%	76.2%
2009	Science	4th Grade	% met std	84.0%	76.8%
2010	Science	4th Grade	% met std	74.6%	76.6%
2011	Science	4th Grade	% met std	84.9%	79.4%
2012	Science	4th Grade	% met std	78.1%	79.8%
2013	Science	4th Grade	% met std	75.8%	80.9%
2003	Math	5th Grade	% met std	64.0%	68.3%
2004	Math	5th Grade	% met std	74.5%	71.8%
2005	Math	5th Grade	% met std	69.8%	73.2%
2006	Math	5th Grade	% met std	78.5%	78.6%
2007	Math	5th Grade	% met std	77.4%	82.5%
2008	Math	5th Grade	% met std	70.3%	81.3%
2009	Math	5th Grade	% met std	75.0%	82.5%
2010	Math	5th Grade	% met std	71.4%	83.4%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	71.5%	84.0%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	73.6%	83.6%
2013	Math	5th Grade	% met std	39.8%	59.4%
2003	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	59.0%	60.4%
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	52.3%	60.9%
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	57.7%	62.7%
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	59.8%	68.5%
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	59.1%	69.7%
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	73.7%	73.6%
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	73.3%	73.5%
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	73.9%	74.7%
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	72.2%	76.4%
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	78.4%	77.8%
2013	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	51.9%	58.9%
2006	Math	6th Grade	% met std	76.4%	79.1%
2007	Math	6th Grade	% met std	88.7%	81.4%
2008	Math	6th Grade	% met std	81.0%	82.7%
2009	Math	6th Grade	% met std	82.9%	82.4%
2010	Math	6th Grade	% met std	84%	84.6%
2011	Math	6th Grade	% met std	84.3%	83.9%
2012	Math	6th Grade	% met std	78.7%	84.9%
2013	Math	6th Grade	% met std	39.1%	59.6%
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	69.1%	72.8%
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	73.5%	73.4%
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	81.9%	79.1%
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	82.9%	79.9%
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	84.8%	81.2%
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	84.3%	84.1%
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	78.7%	81.7%
2013	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	60.8%	58.9%
2006	Math	7th Grade	% met std	75.7%	76.0%
2007	Math	7th Grade	% met std	75.0%	79.4%
2008	Math	7th Grade	% met std	83.5%	80.4%
2009	Math	7th Grade	% met std	85.9%	82.7%
2010	Math	7th Grade	% met std	82.7%	84.4%
2011	Math	7th Grade	% met std	87.7%	84.3%
2012	Math	7th Grade	% met std	79.3%	84.6%
2013	Math	7th Grade	% met std	41.1%	59.1%
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	72.1%	72%
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	64.0%	73.3%
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	79.7%	77.7%
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	69.3%	77.5%
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	82.7%	77.4%
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	82.8%	78.8%
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	79.3%	78.1%
2013	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	48.4%	58.5%
2003	Science	7th Grade	% met std	75.3%	73.7%
2004	Science	7th Grade	% met std	80.5%	74.4%
2005	Science	7th Grade	% met std	63.0%	74.6%
2006	Science	7th Grade	% met std	86%	80.9%
2007	Science	7th Grade	% met std	77.8%	79.3%
2008	Science	7th Grade	% met std	83.3%	79.2%
2009	Science	7th Grade	% met std	82.5%	79.5%
2010	Science	7th Grade	% met std	86.5%	82.4%
2011	Science	7th Grade	% met std	90.2%	81.9%
2012	Science	7th Grade	% met std	79.3%	79.9%
2013	Science	7th Grade	% met std	70.9%	79.0%
2003	Math	8th Grade	% met std	60.4%	53.1%
2004	Math	8th Grade	% met std	47.8%	54.4%
2005	Math	8th Grade	% met std	59.4%	54.3%
2006	Math	8th Grade	% met std	75.2%	78.2%
2007	Math	8th Grade	% met std	75.6%	81.3%
2008	Math	8th Grade	% met std	71.1%	80.3%
2009	Math	8th Grade	% met std	87.5%	81.7%
2010	Math	8th Grade	% met std	78.2%	83.7%
2011	Math	8th Grade	% met std	86.7%	86.3%
2012	Math	8th Grade	% met std	80.5%	85.0%
2013	Math	8th Grade	% met std	48.8%	58.9%
2003	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	64.0%	63.7%
2004	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	56.7%	67.1%
2005	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	68.8%	72.8%
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	74.3%	79.2%
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	81.3%	81.7%
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	74.9%	81.4%
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	86.8%	83.6%
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	78.1%	84.1%
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	82.4%	85.0%
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	84.8%	86.2%
2013	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	48.7%	59.8%
PSAE Test
2003	Math	11th Grade	% met std	57.0%	53.3%
2004	Math	11th Grade	% met std	52.3%	53.1%
2005	Math	11th Grade	% met std	52.4%	52.8%
2006	Math	11th Grade	% met std	52.2%	53.7%
2007	Math	11th Grade	% met std	50.5%	52.7%
2008	Math	11th Grade	% met std	50.3%	53.0%
2009	Math	11th Grade	% met std	36.6%	51.6%
2010	Math	11th Grade	% met std	45.2%	52.7%
2011	Math	11th Grade	% met std	43%	51.3%
2012	Math	11th Grade	% met std	46.2%	51.6%
2013	Math	11th Grade	% met std	39.8%	51.8%
2003	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	50.5%	56.4%
2004	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	46.8%	56.8%
2005	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	51.7%	59.5%
2006	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	53.0%	58.4%
2007	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	51.5%	54.0%
2008	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	52.5%	53.3%
2009	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	39.6%	56.9%
2010	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	42.4%	54.0%
2011	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	43.8%	51.1%
2012	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	50.9%	50.6%
2013	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	42.9%	54.8%
2003	Science	11th Grade	% met std	51.4%	51.3%
2004	Science	11th Grade	% met std	48.6%	52.9%
2005	Science	11th Grade	% met std	50.0%	52.5%
2006	Science	11th Grade	% met std	53.0%	50.8%
2007	Science	11th Grade	% met std	48.5%	51.0%
2008	Science	11th Grade	% met std	46.7%	51.2%
2009	Science	11th Grade	% met std	38.6%	50.5%
2010	Science	11th Grade	% met std	35.8%	52.4%
2011	Science	11th Grade	% met std	41.2%	49.2%
2012	Science	11th Grade	% met std	51.4%	51.7%
2013	Science	11th Grade	% met std	31.7%	49.4%

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

School District Fiscal Information

	2012			2011			2010
	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%
Total Revenue:	$18,257,000	$11,726		$19,352,000	$12,397		$18,168,000	$10,606
Federal:	$1,274,000	$818	7.0%	$2,083,000	$1,334	10.8%	$3,169,000	$1,850	17.4%
State:	$9,780,000	$6,281	53.6%	$10,147,000	$6,500	52.4%	$8,620,000	$5,032	47.4%
Local:	$7,203,000	$4,626	39.5%	$7,122,000	$4,562	36.8%	$6,379,000	$3,724	35.1%
Total Expenditures:	$17,889,000	$11,489		$17,947,000	$11,497		$17,689,000	$10,326
Total Current Expenditures:	$15,591,000	$10,013		$15,797,000	$10,120		$15,593,000	$9,103
Instructional Expenditures:	$9,327,000	$5,990	59.8%	$9,497,000	$6,084	60.1%	$9,451,000	$5,517	60.6%
Student and Staff Support:	$1,172,000	$753	7.5%	$1,153,000	$739	7.3%	$1,094,000	$639	7.0%
Administration:	$2,010,000	$1,291	12.9%	$2,159,000	$1,383	13.7%	$2,119,000	$1,237	13.6%
Operations, Food, Other:	$3,082,000	$1,979	19.8%	$2,988,000	$1,914	18.9%	$2,929,000	$1,710	18.8%
Total Capital Outlay:	$872,000	$560		$634,000	$406		$616,000	$360
Construction:	$753,000	$484		$485,000	$311		$223,000	$130
Total Other:	$8,000	$5		$9,000	$6		$9,000	$5
Interest on Debt:	$705,000	$453		$766,000	$491		$816,000	$476

Total Salary:	$9,523,000	$6,116		$9,519,000	$6,098		$9,383,000	$5,478
Instruction/Teacher Salary:	$6,521,000	$4,188	68.5%	$6,474,000	$4,147	68.0%	$6,367,000	$3,717	67.9%
Other Salary:	$3,002,000	$1,928	31.5%	$3,045,000	$1,951	32.0%	$3,016,000	$1,761	32.1%
Total Benefit:	$4,109,000	$2,639		$4,043,000	$2,590		$4,086,000	$2,385
Instruction/Teacher Benefit:	$2,720,000	$1,747	66.2%	$2,698,000	$1,728	66.7%	$2,688,000	$1,569	65.8%
Other Benefit:	$1,389,000	$892	33.8%	$1,345,000	$862	33.3%	$1,398,000	$816	34.2%

* Vandalia Community Unit School District 203 was rated 1.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.