C+
Morrison Community Unit School District 6
Public school districtGrades PK–12Regional · 5 towns
Serves Mount Pleasant, Morrison, Union Grove, Ustick and Clyde, and parts of Hopkins and Genesee.
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
What stands out about Morrison Community Unit School District 6
- School Grade C+: better than 38% of Illinois districts
- Graduation rate (4-year) 5 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
Where would my kid go?
The school path for Walnut.
PK–52 elementary schoolsBureau Valley Community Unit School District 340
6–82 middle schoolsBureau Valley Community Unit School District 340
8Bureau Valley Elem and JHBureau Valley Community Unit School District 340
9–12Bureau Valley High SchoolBureau Valley Community Unit School District 340
Test scores vs. IL
2020–21Math proficiency22%
State average 25.8%
Reading / language arts31%
State average 30.7%
Graduation rate (4-year)82%
State average 87.3%
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%
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.
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.
Towns served
Nearby districts
Compare spending and schools next door.
Chadwick-Milledgeville Community Unit School District 399Fairhaven, Jordan, Wysox
$18,276per student
Sterling Community Unit District 5Jordan, Sterling, Sterling
$15,512per student
Prophetstown-Lyndon-Tampico Community Unit School District 3Hume, Lyndon
$15,473per student
River Bend Community Unit District 2Fulton, Garden Plain
$14,022per student
District facts: U.S. Department of Education (NCES directory and district boundaries) and the U.S. Census Bureau school finance survey. Test scores and graduation: EDFacts via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Neighbor ratings are opinions.