Government directory/Illinois/Independent school district
U.S. Census government inventory · ID 183649

Cowden-Herrick Cusd 3a.

Independent school district in Illinois · Census county area: Shelby.

Independent school districtSchool districtFunctioning
School system at a glance

Students, schools, and public money.

Election.org connected this entity to its fiscal year 2024 Census finance record by exact government ID and to its 2024–25 NCES district and school directory by exact agency ID.

331students in the finance record
2operating schools connected
$17,221current spending per pupil
Six years of enrollment and school finance

See what changed—not just one year.

Exact federal identifiers connect 6 annual Census records for this system. Source dollars stay visible, while spending changes are also converted to constant 2024 dollars.

Census annual tables ↗
Enrollment3317.3% lower than 2019
Current spending / pupil$17,2210.1% lower than 2019 after inflation · 22.6% higher than 2019 nominal
Total expenditure$6.8M31.4% higher than 2019 · nominal
Debt outstanding$1.4M840.7% higher than 2019 · nominal
Enrollment reported by Census
2019: 357; 2020: 326; 2021: 318; 2022: 303; 2023: 322; 2024: 331365330295201920202021202220232024
Current spending per pupil (2024 dollars)
2019: $17,239; 2020: $18,709; 2021: $19,607; 2022: $17,988; 2023: $17,466; 2024: $17,221$19,941$18,414$16,887201920202021202220232024
Funding mix over time

Federal, state, and local shares

20198.0% F68.2% S23.8% L
20205.8% F66.9% S27.4% L
202110.2% F67.9% S22.0% L
202219.2% F58.8% S22.0% L
202315.3% F59.8% S24.9% L
202414.0% F59.7% S26.3% L
View the 2019–2024 values as a table
YearEnrollmentSpending / pupilTotal revenueTotal expenditureDebt
2019357$14,050$5,752,000$5,167,000$150,000
2020326$15,436$6,410,000$6,242,000$1,448,000
2021318$16,937$6,543,000$6,168,000$1,358,000
2022303$16,782$6,863,000$5,760,000$1,275,000
2023322$16,966$6,987,000$5,827,000$1,514,000
2024331$17,221$7,264,000$6,787,000$1,411,000

Source-reported nominal dollars. Amount fields are converted from source thousands to dollars. No inflation adjustment is applied. An exact identifier links published source rows; it does not erase consolidations, closures, reorganizations, or other real institutional changes between years. Constant-dollar comparisons use BLS CPI-U series CUUR0000SA0, annual U.S. city average; this is not a local cost-of-living index. Joined by exact Census PID6 or NCES LEAID; names are never used.

Where the money comes from

$7.26M in reported revenue.

Census finance source ↗
Federal14.0%$1.02M
State59.7%$4.34M
Local26.3%$1.91M
Total expenditures$6.79M
Current spending$5.71M
Instruction$3.20M
Support services$2.18M
Capital outlay$783,000
Debt outstanding$1.41M

Fiscal year 2024. Census source amounts are published in thousands of dollars and converted here to dollars; per-pupil fields are published as dollar amounts. Revenue percentages are reproduced from the source.

District contact

Cowden-Herrick CUSD 3A

Regular public school district that is not a component of a supervisory union

GradesPK12
StatusOpen
Address633 County Highway 22, Cowden, IL, 62422
Open district website →
Still needed for a complete civic record

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The source record

A functioning Census entity.

The Census ACTIVE field is Y for this record.

Census ID
183649
Record type
Independent school district
Classification
School district
School level
Elementary and Secondary
Status
Functioning
Published contact fields

Contact and location

Mailing addressPO BOX 188 · COWDEN, IL · 62422-0188
Census contact/title fieldSuperintendent
County areaShelby

Websites are primarily self-reported and received only limited Census Bureau quality control. County area can mean the area most served or the headquarters county when boundaries cross counties.

Published context

Scale and parent relationship

Estimated enrollment3222023

Evidence boundary

What each source proves—and what it does not.

Established by the published records

  • The entity or system appears in the 2025 Census listing.
  • Its Census category, identifier, and functioning/dormant field.
  • Only the location, function, population, enrollment, and contact fields actually published.

Not established by these records

  • Whether each governing or administrative role is elected, appointed, or mixed.
  • The exact geographic service boundary or that a reported website remains current.