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Morrison Community Unit School District 6

Public school districtGrades PK–12Regional · 5 towns

Serves Mount Pleasant Township, Morrison, Union Grove Township, Ustick Township and Clyde Township, and parts of Hopkins Township and Genesee Township.

Mount Pleasant Township’s School Grade B− better than 47% of Illinois school districts

Students
973
Schools
4
Spent per student
$14,230
IL $21,567
Students per teacher
15:1
Free or reduced lunch
39%
Debt
$9.2M
fiscal 2024
The gist

What stands out about Morrison Community Unit School District 6

  • Its letter, B−: results better than 47% of Illinois districts
  • Graduation rate 6 pts below the state
  • Spends 34% less per student than the IL average
  • 15 students per teacher
  • Debt of $9.2M, about $9,423 per student
The School Grade

What this district adds to its towns’ grade

B−: better than 47% of the 887 Illinois school districts we grade. Each town’s School Grade weighs its districts by the students they test; spending and class size are shown but don’t count.

Test scoresReading and math close to the state, 2021–22
B
GraduationFour-year graduation well below the state, class of 2023
C−
The towns it serves, and their School Grades
B−Mount Pleasant Township 4,638B−Morrison 3,945B−Union Grove Township 1,165Ustick Township 529Clyde Township 393

How TownRatings grades schools →

Where would my kid go?

The school path for Mount Pleasant Township. Grade by grade →

PK–2Northside SchoolThis district
3–5Southside SchoolThis district
6–8Morrison Jr High SchoolThis district
9–12Morrison High SchoolThis district

Test scores vs. IL

2020–21 · 2021–22 · class of 2023
Math proficiency22%
State average 25.8% · 479 students tested
Reading / language arts34%
State average 29.9% · 506 students tested
Graduation rate (4-year)80–84%
State average 87.6% · 80 in the class

Reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express and the Urban Institute); the newest year for each measure.

Where the money goes

fiscal 2024
$14,230 per student · 34% below IL
Spending
Classroom instruction 60%Support & administration 35%Other 5%
Paid for by
Local (mostly property tax) 46%State 46%Federal 7%

Fiscal 2022–24 includes federal pandemic relief (ESSER).

U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances.

Enrollment over time
952’20
963’21
980’22
985’23
973’24

About steady since 2020–21.

Students
White 88%Hispanic 8%Two or more races 2%Black 1%Asian <1%American Indian/Alaska Native <1%

Schools in the district

4 public schools. Each public school’s letter compares its own 2020–21 reading and math results with Illinois’s other public schools.

Northside School
Elementary · Grades PK–2 · Morrison
264 students16:1
Southside School
Elementary · Grades 3–5 · Morrison
B
200 students15:1
Morrison Jr High School
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Morrison
B−
215 students15:1
Morrison High School
High · Grades 9–12 · Morrison
B
294 students13:1

Nearby districts

Compare spending and schools next door.

Chadwick-Milledgeville Community Unit School District 399Fairhaven Township, Jordan Township, Wysox Township
$18,276per student
Sterling Community Unit District 5Jordan Township, Sterling, Sterling Township
$15,512per student
Prophetstown-Lyndon-Tampico Community Unit School District 3Hume Township, Lyndon Township
$15,473per student
River Bend Community Unit District 2Fulton Township, Garden Plain Township
$14,022per student

District facts: U.S. Department of Education (NCES school directory 2024–25 and district boundaries) and the U.S. Census Bureau’s school finance survey. Test scores and graduation: state results reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express and the Urban Institute). The letters are our own summary, graded within Illinois.