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Southside School

PublicElementaryGrades 3–5

100 Academic Dr, Morrison, IL 61270 · (815) 772-2183 · Part of Morrison Community Unit School District 6

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

Directions
Students
200
Students per teacher
15:1
Free or reduced lunch
38%
Setting
Rural
Grades
3–5
The gist

What stands out about Southside School

  • Its own letter, B: better results than 60% of Illinois’s public schools
  • Next stop for Mount Pleasant Township kids: Morrison Jr High School

On the path

Where Mount Pleasant Township kids come from and go next. The whole path →

PK–2Northside Schoolin Morrison
3–5Southside SchoolYou are here
6–8Morrison Jr High Schoolin Morrison

Test scores

2020–21
Math proficiency22%
State average 25.9%
Reading / language arts32%
State average 30.7%

Its own letter, B, places these results among Illinois’s 3,406 public schools with results. Source: EDFacts via Urban Institute Education Data Portal (SY2020-21).

Location

Directions ↗

100 Academic Dr, Morrison

Students

Enrollment by grade
Grade 362
Grade 466
Grade 572
Enrollment over time
192’20
193’21
212’22
218’23
200’24

Up 4.2% since 2020–21.

Who goes here
White 89%Hispanic 7%Two or more races 3%Black 2%Asian <1%

As reported to NCES, share of students with a reported race or ethnicity.

Parents talk

Questions and answers about Southside School from Mount Pleasant Township families.

Other schools in Morrison Community Unit School District 6

The district →
Northside School
Elementary · Grades PK–2 · Morrison
264 students16:1
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

School facts: U.S. Department of Education (NCES), 2024–2025 school year. Test scores: EDFacts via Urban Institute Education Data Portal (SY2020-21). A school’s letter is our own summary of its reading and math results against Illinois’s other public schools; Mount Pleasant Township’s School Grade is built from its districts’ results. Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors.