Regular local school district · Macon County
Mt Zion CUSD 3, IL: schools, enrollment and spending
Mt Zion CUSD 3 runs 5 public schools with 2,427 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 16.9 students per teacher is 3.2 higher than the Illinois figure of 13.7.
At a glance
- Schools
- 5
- Students
- 2,427
- Teachers (FTE)
- 144
- Students per teacher
- 16.9
- IL: 13.7 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 1595 W Main St, Mt Zion, IL 62549
- Phone
- (217)864-2366
- County
- Macon County
- Locale
- Suburb: Small
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 1727390
- State district ID
- IL-39-055-0030-26
- Total staff (FTE)
- 280
- School counselors (FTE)
- 2.0About 1,214 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 7.0
Students per teacher compared
This district16.9
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 (2,398), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $34.1 million
- Federal revenue
- $2.0 million
- State revenue
- $18.2 million
- Local revenue
- $13.9 million
- Total spending
- $32.7 million
- Spending per pupil
- $13,630
- Salaries
- $13.4 million41.0% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $30.0 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 5.7%
- State: 53.4%
- Local: 40.9%
Illinois overall
- Federal: 7.7%
- State: 39.1%
- Local: 53.2%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$13,630
Illinois$20,743
United States$16,826
Schools in Mt Zion CUSD 3
By level: 1 high, 2 middle, 2 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| McGaughey Elementary School | Elementary | PK to 1 | 371 | 17.7 |
| Mt Zion Elementary School | Elementary | 2 to 3 | 359 | 15.6 |
| Mt Zion High School | High | 9 to 12 | 762 | 17.7 |
| Mt Zion Intermediate School | Middle | 4 to 6 | 557 | 17.4 |
| Mt Zion Junior High School | Middle | 7 to 8 | 378 | 16.4 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Macon County
- Decatur SD 61 7,840 students
- Maroa Forsyth CUSD 2 1,212 students
- Warrensburg-Latham CUSD 11 1,014 students
- Meridian CUSD 15 942 students
- Argenta-Oreana CUSD 1 893 students
- Sangamon Valley CUSD 9 634 students
- Macon-Piatt Spec Educ Jnt Agr 0 students
- Macon/Piatt ROE 0 students
- Heartland Region
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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.