Mt Zion High School

As a moderately sized high school in Mount Zion, Illinois, Mt Zion High School hosts 762 students from grades 9 through 12, overseen by Mt Zion CUSD 3.

Mt Zion CUSD 3 comprises 5 schools with combined enrollment of 2,427 students; Mt Zion High School is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Mt Zion High School shows that nearly all students (90%) are White. Other groups include 4% multiracial, 2% Hispanic, 2% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 74% White, putting the school's mix considerably more White than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Mt Zion High School records 44 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 17.4:1. The state averages around 13.8:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 22% of students at Mt Zion High School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is south of Macon County's rate of about 61%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Mt Zion High School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 58.9%, the actual is 52.1%, a residual of -6.9 points.

Across the wider county, census data for Macon County shows the typical household earns roughly $62,666 per year, 24% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Macon County runs 43 public schools (combined enrollment of about 14,702 students), of which Mt Zion High School is one.

Mt Zion Jr High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Mt Zion High School at 2nd of 8; the average score across the group is 30.7%.

The school occupies a suburban site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Mt Zion High School has stayed largely flat, going from 776 students in 2018 to 762 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 20.1:1 in 2018 to 17.4:1 today.

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