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Murphysboro CUSD 186, IL: schools, enrollment and spending
Murphysboro CUSD 186 runs 5 public schools with 1,877 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 13.1 students per teacher is about the same as the Illinois figure of 13.7.
At a glance
- Schools
- 5
- Students
- 1,877
- Teachers (FTE)
- 143
- Students per teacher
- 13.1
- IL: 13.7 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 593 Ava Rd, Murphysboro, IL 62966
- Phone
- (618)684-3781
- County
- Jackson County
- Locale
- Town: Distant
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 1727610
- State district ID
- IL-30-039-1860-26
- Total staff (FTE)
- 280
- School counselors (FTE)
- 3.0About 626 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 9.0
Students per teacher compared
This district13.1
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 (1,902), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $41.3 million
- Federal revenue
- $4.3 million
- State revenue
- $27.1 million
- Local revenue
- $9.9 million
- Total spending
- $41.9 million
- Spending per pupil
- $22,016
- Salaries
- $12.2 million29.2% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $12.2 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 10.4%
- State: 65.5%
- Local: 24.1%
Illinois overall
- Federal: 7.7%
- State: 39.1%
- Local: 53.2%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$22,016
Illinois$20,743
United States$16,826
Schools in Murphysboro CUSD 186
By level: 1 high, 1 middle, 2 elementary, 1 prekindergarten. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Carruthers Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | 3 to 5 | 426 | 14.7 |
| Gen John A Logan Attendance CntrCEP school | Elementary | K to 2 | 400 | 11.8 |
| McElvain SchoolCEP school | Prekindergarten | PK | 64 | |
| Murphysboro High SchoolCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 565 | 12.6 |
| Murphysboro Middle SchoolCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 422 | 12.4 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Jackson County
- Carbondale ESD 95 1,648 students
- Carbondale CHSD 165 School District 1,023 students
- Trico CUSD 176 879 students
- Unity Point CCSD 140 School District 620 students
- Elverado CUSD 196 348 students
- Giant City CCSD 130 School District 218 students
- DeSoto Cons SD 86 198 students
- Alxndr/Jcksn/Pulsk/Prry/Union ROE 0 students
- Tri-County Sp Ed Jnt Agreement 0 students
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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.