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What's one thing Mt Zion Intermediate School gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
557
Middle
DISTRICT 468 · STATE 462
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MT ZION CUSD 3·NCES 172739002911
Mt Zion Intermediate School
310 S Henderson St, Mount Zion, IL 62549 · (217) 864-2921 · Macon County
GRADES 04–06MIDDLE23-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL557 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 49% of Illinois public middle schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Illinois public middle schools
Student : Teacher
17.2:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.8:1 · STATE 13.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
31%
170 students
DISTRICT 30% · STATE 56%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 4 | 184 | 33% |
| Grade 5 | 175 | 31% |
| Grade 6 | 198 | 36% |
Student demographics
17%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 19% · STATE 69% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Mt Zion CUSD 3. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
54.2%
IL avg 51.0% . +11.5pp since 2023
Math
44.5%
IL avg 37.9% . +12.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 54 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 45 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Illinois schools, those numbers are about 51 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 12 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 13 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 54.2% | 44.5% |
| 2023-24 | 42.7% | 31.7% |
% Proficient (Levels 4-5), all students and all tested grades.
Source: IAR + ISA. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
49.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
53.9%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 49% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 54% typical for Illinois schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Illinois's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Mt Zion Intermediate School
Mt Zion Intermediate School's state test result (49.3% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mt Zion Intermediate School this school | 557 | 30.5% | 49.3% |
| Highland Middle School Highland | 616 | 30.2% | 54.6% |
| Freeburg Elementary School Freeburg | 508 | 28.3% | 64.9% |
| Limestone Middle School Kankakee | 468 | 33.5% | 55.0% |
| Geneseo Middle School Geneseo | 573 | 26.2% | 51.0% |
| Coal City Middle School Coal City | 454 | 31.1% | 67.5% |
Matched among Illinois middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Mt Zion Intermediate School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Macon County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 49.3% | #207 of 578 | #4 of 7 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 44.5% | #198 of 640 ▲ 28 | #1 of 7 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 54.2% | #359 of 640 ▲ 13 | #5 of 7 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 557 | #246 of 691 | #1 of 7 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.2:1 | #525 of 558 | N/A |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 16.9% | #504 of 560 | N/A |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 30.5% | #456 of 581 | #6 of 7 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -1.2% | #421 of 440 | N/A |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
557
-6 (-1%) vs 2020
+47% since 1990-91, when it was 379
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 557 | 32.3 | 17.2:1 | 31% (170) |
| 2023-24 | 521 | 32.5 | 16.1:1 | 33% (173) |
| 2022-23 | 534 | 32.8 | 16.3:1 | 30% (158) |
| 2020-21 | 563 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 564 | 31.4 | 18.0:1 | 20% (110) |
| 2015-16 | 543 | 28 | 19.4:1 | 18% (98) |
| 2010-11 | 569 | 30 | 19.0:1 | 16% (91) |
| 2000-01 | 444 | 23 | 19.3:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 379 | 18 | 21.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Mt Zion Intermediate School.
Since 2017-18: students down 1% (564 to 557); teachers up 3% (31.4 to 32.3).
About Mt Zion Intermediate School
Students in Mount Zion, Illinois, attend Mt Zion Intermediate School, a medium-sized middle school. A federal count lists 557 students at the school, in grades 4 through 6. An average school in this group (middle schools in Illinois) has about 462 students.
Mt Zion CUSD 3 serves 2,427 students across 5 schools.
White students make up 91% of enrollment at Mt Zion Intermediate School. Other students are 4% multiracial and 3% Black. That is higher than the 74% White share among all Macon County residents. The school's diversity index is 17%, meaning two students picked at random have a 17% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The school reported 32.3 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25 and a ratio of 17.2:1. The school has more students per teacher than the 13.0:1 average for middle schools in Illinois. Eligible students account for 31% of enrollment in the free or reduced-price lunch program. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Macon County is 61%.
The allk12 Grade for Mt Zion Intermediate School is B-. Compared with Illinois public middle schools, the school scored higher than 49% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for Mt Zion Intermediate School is 53.9%, and its average proficiency rate on state tests is 49.3%.
Federal survey data for Macon County show that the median household income is $62,666, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 24% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 10%. Macon County is home to 43 public schools and about 14,702 public school students.
Mt Zion Jr High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles away. Within five miles of Mt Zion Intermediate School, there are 7 other public schools. Its average proficiency rate of 49.3% is above the 31.1% average for nearby schools.
Its NCES locale code is Suburb: Small: the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population under 100,000.
Federal data show 563 students in 2020-21 and 557 in 2024-25, a difference of under 3%.
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Macon County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
101,849
Census ACS
Median income
$62,666
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
24%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
43
14,702 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Mt Zion CUSD 3
- Mt Zion High SchoolHigh · 762 students
- Mt Zion Jr High SchoolMiddle · 378 students
- McGaughey Elementary SchoolElementary · 371 students
- Mt Zion Elementary SchoolElementary · 359 students
Other schools in Mount Zion
- Mt Zion High SchoolHigh · 762 students
- Mt Zion Jr High SchoolMiddle · 378 students
- McGaughey Elementary SchoolElementary · 371 students
- Mt Zion Elementary SchoolElementary · 359 students
Nearby schools
- Mt Zion Jr High School0.1 mi · 378
- Mt Zion High School0.1 mi · 762
- Mt Zion Elementary School0.5 mi · 359
- McGaughey Elementary School1.1 mi · 371
- Muffley Elementary School4.2 mi · 386
- Montessori Academy for Peace4.6 mi · 586
Frequently asked questions
About Mt Zion Intermediate SchoolHow large is Mt Zion Intermediate School?
Mt Zion Intermediate School enrolls approximately 557 students in grades 04-06.
Is Mt Zion Intermediate School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Mt Zion Intermediate School is a middle school covering grades 04-06.
How many teachers does Mt Zion Intermediate School have?
Mt Zion Intermediate School employs 32 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.2:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Mt Zion Intermediate School?
At Mt Zion Intermediate School, the student body is approximately 91% White, 2% Hispanic, 3% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Mt Zion Intermediate School in?
Mt Zion Intermediate School is part of Mt Zion CUSD 3.
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