Mount Vernon School District 80

Public Grades PK–8 DSchool Grade

Elementary and middle schools for Mount Vernon, and parts of Mount Vernon and Shiloh.

At a glance

1,445Students enrolled

4Schools

$20,276Spent per student

14:1Student–teacher ratio

87%Free / reduced lunch

School path

Where would my kid go?

For Mount Vernon

Grades K–3

Dr Nick Osborne Primary Center562 students · Mount VernonThis district

Grades 6–8

Zadok Casey Middle School380 students · Mount VernonThis district

Grades 9–12

Mount Vernon High School1,233 students · Mount VernonMount Vernon Township High School District 201

Based on district boundaries from the U.S. Department of Education. Where a town has more than one school at a grade, your street decides; check with the district before you enroll.

Academic performanceDistrict vs IL

Math proficiency6%

State average 25.8%

Reading / language arts10%

State average 30.7%

Graduation rate 85% at Mount Vernon Township High School District 201, which runs the high school (state 87.3%) · class of 2018

EDFacts via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal (tests 2020–21). The tick marks the state average.

Where the money goes

$20,276

per student each year · 6% below the IL average

Spending

Classroom instruction57%

Support & administration34%

Other9%

Paid for by

Local (mostly property tax)25%

State47%

Federal28%

U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances (fiscal 2024).

Enrollment · last 5 years

1,497’20

1,558’21

1,509’22

1,491’23

1,445’24

Students

White · 47%677

Black · 28%411

Two or more races · 17%243

Hispanic · 6%85

Asian · 2%25

American Indian/Alaska Native · 0%2

Across the district's schools, as reported to NCES.

Schools4 in district · 1 next

This district · grades PK–8

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Dr Nick Osborne Primary CenterElementary · Grades K–3 · 562 students · Mount Vernon

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J L Buford Intermediate Ed CtrElementary · Grades 4–5 · 260 students · Mount Vernon

C-Public 📚

Zadok Casey Middle SchoolMiddle · Grades 6–8 · 380 students · Mount Vernon

C-Public 📚

Dr Andy Hall Early Educ CtrPrekindergarten · Grades PK · 243 students · Mount Vernon

Public

Where students go next · Mount Vernon Township High School District 201

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Mount Vernon High SchoolHigh · Grades 9–12 · 1,233 students · Mount Vernon

CPublic

School data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES). Ratings are from neighbors on TownTapestry.

Nearby districts

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Spring Garden Community Consolidated School District 178Dodds · $14,571 per student

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Woodlawn Unit District 209Casner · McClellan · $18,177 per student

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Bluford Unit School District 318Webber · $14,405 per student

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Bluford Unit School District 318 (9-12) in FarringtonFarrington

District facts from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES school directory and school district boundaries) and the U.S. Census Bureau's school finance survey. Test scores and graduation rates from EDFacts via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Neighbor ratings reflect opinions, not an official measure of school quality.