Regular local school district · Tazewell County
Morton CUSD 709, IL: schools, enrollment and spending
Morton CUSD 709 runs 7 public schools with 3,247 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 15.5 students per teacher is 1.8 higher than the Illinois figure of 13.7.
At a glance
- Schools
- 7
- Students
- 3,247
- Teachers (FTE)
- 210
- Students per teacher
- 15.5
- IL: 13.7 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 1050 S 4th Ave Ste 200, Morton, IL 61550
- Phone
- (309)263-2581
- County
- Tazewell County
- Locale
- Suburb: Large
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 1726800
- State district ID
- IL-53-090-7090-26
- Total staff (FTE)
- 630
- School counselors (FTE)
- 6.0About 541 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 12.0
Students per teacher compared
This district15.5
Illinois13.7
United States15.3
2020 finance data
From the F-33 School District Finance Survey for fiscal year 2020, in nominal dollars. Enrollment used for per-pupil figures is the finance survey count (3,153), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $45.1 million
- Federal revenue
- $2.0 million
- State revenue
- $8.7 million
- Local revenue
- $34.4 million
- Total spending
- $45.5 million
- Spending per pupil
- $14,420
- Salaries
- $21.7 million47.8% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $4.7 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 4.4%
- State: 19.3%
- Local: 76.2%
Illinois overall
- Federal: 7.7%
- State: 39.1%
- Local: 53.2%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$14,420
Illinois$20,743
United States$16,826
Schools in Morton CUSD 709
By level: 1 high, 1 middle, 4 elementary, 1 other. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Grundy Elementary School | Elementary | PK to 6 | 465 | 19.4 |
| Jefferson Elementary School | Elementary | PK to 6 | 354 | 16.9 |
| Lettie Brown Elementary School | Elementary | K to 6 | 346 | 17.3 |
| Lincoln Elementary School | Elementary | PK to 6 | 517 | 17.2 |
| Morton Academy | Other | K to 12 | 0 | |
| Morton High School | High | 9 to 12 | 1,061 | 14.9 |
| Morton Junior High School | Middle | 7 to 8 | 504 | 13.3 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Tazewell County
- Pekin PSD 108 School District 3,126 students
- Pekin CSD 303 1,712 students
- East Peoria SD 86 1,401 students
- Washington CHSD 308 School District 1,399 students
- Central SD 51 1,349 students
- Deer Creek-Mackinaw CUSD 701 942 students
- Tremont CUSD 702 883 students
- East Peoria CHSD 309 School District 823 students
- Washington SD 52 820 students
- District 50 Schools 577 students
- Creve Coeur SD 76 455 students
- N Pekin & Marquette Hght SD 102 453 students
- Delavan CUSD 703 375 students
- Rankin CSD 98 196 students
- South Pekin SD 137 180 students
More in Illinois
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Finance figures are 2020 finance data in nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.