Total enrollment
2,427
+29 (+1%) vs SY 2020-21
5 schools in Mt Zion CUSD 3
Illinois · 2,427 students · 1 city
Mt Zion CUSD 3 runs 5 public K-12 schools per the latest NCES data, with combined enrollment near 2,427 and an average school size of 485.
4-year change in Mt Zion CUSD 3
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25School count
5
0 (0%) vs SY 2020-21
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, enrollment-weighted demographic averages
How Mt Zion CUSD 3 ranks
Among districts| Measure | This district | In Illinois | In the US |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 51.2% | #82 of 327 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 2,427 | #155 of 508 | #3,845 of 9,234 |
| Number of schools ranked most first | 5 | #169 of 508 | N/A |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.8:1 | #484 of 506 | #7,021 of 9,044 |
| Free or reduced-price lunch share ranked highest first | 28.4% | #386 of 456 | #6,779 of 8,164 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 19.2% | #293 of 341 | #5,782 of 6,853 |
Districts need at least 2 schools and 500 students to be ranked. Test proficiency is ranked within the state only, since each state gives a different test. Each rank links to the full list.
Inside Mt Zion CUSD 3
State test results across the district's 4 scored schools run from Mt Zion Elementary School at 54.0% proficient to Mt Zion Intermediate School at 49.3%, a gap of 4.7 points. That is the 169th widest gap among 172 Illinois districts with four or more scored schools.
Since 2017-18, the 5 district schools that reported both years went from 2,391 to 2,427 students (up 2%) and from 134 to 144 full-time teachers (up 7%), as of 2024-25.
Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across each school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25; schools with fewer than 100 students and schools serving specialized populations are left out. Staffing figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data and count only schools that reported students and teachers in both years.
| Name | City | Level | Grades | Enrollment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mt Zion High School | Mount Zion | High | 09-12 | 762 |
| Mt Zion Intermediate School | Mount Zion | Middle | 04-06 | 557 |
| Mt Zion Jr High School | Mount Zion | Middle | 07-08 | 378 |
| McGaughey Elem School | Mount Zion | Elementary | PK-01 | 371 |
| Mt Zion Elem School | Mount Zion | Elementary | 02-03 | 359 |
About Mt Zion CUSD 3
As a low-population district in Illinois, Mt Zion CUSD 3 hosts 2,427 students across 5 schools.
On the school-mix side, Mt Zion CUSD 3 is built around 2 elementary, 2 middle, and 1 high school.
Five-year track record. Across the same 4-year window, public-school enrollment stayed largely flat: 2,398 students in SY 2020-21 versus 2,427 in SY 2024-25.
In the discussion threads here, the community for Mt Zion CUSD 3 discusses enrollment trends, district policy changes, and bus-route updates. Anyone with firsthand knowledge of these schools is welcome to weigh in.