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Mount Zion Community Unit School District 3

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Mount Zion Community Unit School District 3 is located close to the center of Illinois. Mount Zion Community Unit School District 3 has 63.04 square miles of land area and 0.02 square miles of water area. As of 2010-2014, the total Mount Zion Community Unit School District 3 population is 12,245. Mount Zion Community Unit School District 3 median household income is $74,977 in 2010-2014. Mount Zion Community Unit School District 3 median house value is $144,800 in 2010-2014. On average, Mount Zion Community Unit School District 3 is much better than the state average in quality.

Ranking:	High School: (28 out of 476, top 6%) Elementary/Middle School: (69 out of 757, top 9%)* Rank: #95
Type:	Regular Local School District
Grade:	Prekindergarten to Grade 12
Number of Schools:	5
Population	12,245 (2010-2014), rank #299
Population Growth	4.89% since 2005-2009, see rank
Population Density:	194.18/sq mi, rank #402
Median Household Income:	$74,977 at 2010-2014—13.68% increase since 2005-2009, rank #159
Median House Price:	$144,800 at 2010-2014—20.17% increase since 2005-2009, rank #376
Time Zone:	Central GMT -6:00 with Daylight Saving in the Summer
Land Area:	63.04 sq mi, rank #376
Water Area:	0.02 sq mi (0.03%), rank #730
State:	Illinois
County:	Moultrie County, Macon County
City:	Dalton City, Decatur, Macon, Mt Zion, Lovington, Mount Zion, Argenta, Long Creek
Zip:	61925, 62521, 62544, 62549, 61937, 62501
Area:	Decatur, IL

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Mount Zion Community Unit School District 3 Map, Border, and Nearby Locations

455 Elm St

Mt Zion IL, 62549, Macon County

Phone: 217-864-2366

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014	2012-2013	2011-2012	2010-2011	2009-2010	2008-2009	2007-2008
Total Students:	2,446	2,410	2,503	2,569	2,554	2,623	2,489
English Language Learner Students:	2	1	1	1	4	0	3
Total Teachers:	129.55	NA	129.20	134.27	132.88	131.30	129.80
Prekindergarten:	NA	NA	1.00	2.22	2.00	2.00	1.00
Kindergarten:	NA	NA	9.40	9.08	8.00	8.00	9.00
Elementary:	78.55	NA	80.80	84.43	78.88	82.30	61.80
Secondary:	40.60	NA	38.00	38.54	44.00	39.00	58.00
Ungraded:	NA	0.00	NA	NA	0.00	NA	NA
Total Other Staff:	48.62	62.70	19.00	19.61	17.20	19.80	18.80
Instructional Aides:	NA	3.83	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Instructional Coordinators & Supervisors:	NA	NA	0.00	0.00	0.00	1.00	1.00
Total Guidance Counselors:	4.00	4.00	4.00	4.00	4.00	4.00	4.00
Elementary Guidance Counselors:	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	0.00
Secondary Guidance Counselors:	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.00	4.00
Other Guidance Counselors:	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	NA	NA	NA
Librarians/Media Specialists:	3.00	NA	4.00	4.01	3.00	3.60	3.60
Library/Media Support:	0.64	0.00	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
District Administrators:	3.35	NA	2.00	2.40	2.20	2.20	2.20
District Administrative Support:	NA	2.23	NA	NA	NA	NA	1.00
School Administrators:	5.50	NA	7.00	7.00	6.00	7.00	5.00
School Administrative Support:	NA	11.94	NA	NA	NA	NA	0.00
Student Support Services:	NA	NA	2.00	2.20	2.00	2.00	2.00
Other Support Services:	32.13	40.70	NA	NA	NA	NA	0.00
Student-Teacher Ratio:	18.88	NA	19.37	19.13	19.22	19.98	19.18

Schools

Mcgaughey Elementary School	Prekindergarten to Grade 1	1320 West Main St, Mt Zion IL 62549
Mt Zion Elementary School	Grade 2 to Grade 3	725 West Main St, Mt Zion IL 62549
Mt Zion High School	Grade 9 to Grade 12	305 South Henderson St, Mt Zion IL 62549
Mt Zion Intermediate School	Grade 4 to Grade 6	310 South Henderson St, Mt Zion IL 62549
Mt Zion Jr High School	Grade 7 to Grade 8	315 South Henderson St, Mt Zion IL 62549

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	State Average
ISAT Test
2003	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	94.9%	75.7%
2004	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	86.9%	79.1%
2005	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	94.9%	79.3%
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	97.5%	85.6%
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	99.4%	86.7%
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	98.9%	85.1%
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	99.4%	85.2%
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	99.4%	86.4%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	97.0%	87.3%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	98.4%	87.7%
2013	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	85.7%	54.8%
2003	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	80.7%	62.0%
2004	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	78.8%	65.1%
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	89.8%	66.6%
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	83.7%	70.7%
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	93.3%	72.9%
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	90.8%	71.8%
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	89.9%	72.2%
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	92.5%	73.7%
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	87.8%	74.7%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	87.6%	76.0%
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	78.0%	58.8%
2006	Math	4th Grade	% met std	96.7%	84.8%
2007	Math	4th Grade	% met std	95.4%	86.4%
2008	Math	4th Grade	% met std	97.1%	84.6%
2009	Math	4th Grade	% met std	94.5%	85.8%
2010	Math	4th Grade	% met std	94.2%	85.9%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	97.2%	87.7%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	97.7%	88.1%
2013	Math	4th Grade	% met std	81.1%	60.2%
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	90.1%	72.9%
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	94.3%	73.7%
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	87.8%	73.2%
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	89.5%	73.8%
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	85.7%	73.7%
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	88.8%	74.7%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	84.4%	76.0%
2013	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	70.3%	59.2%
2003	Science	4th Grade	% met std	95.3%	66.5%
2004	Science	4th Grade	% met std	94.2%	67.8%
2005	Science	4th Grade	% met std	93.9%	71.4%
2006	Science	4th Grade	% met std	96.1%	79.9%
2007	Science	4th Grade	% met std	96.0%	79.7%
2008	Science	4th Grade	% met std	93.7%	76.2%
2009	Science	4th Grade	% met std	94.5%	76.8%
2010	Science	4th Grade	% met std	94.2%	76.6%
2011	Science	4th Grade	% met std	94.9%	79.4%
2012	Science	4th Grade	% met std	93.8%	79.8%
2013	Science	4th Grade	% met std	92.9%	80.9%
2003	Math	5th Grade	% met std	90.3%	68.3%
2004	Math	5th Grade	% met std	89.5%	71.8%
2005	Math	5th Grade	% met std	89.3%	73.2%
2006	Math	5th Grade	% met std	89.6%	78.6%
2007	Math	5th Grade	% met std	95.7%	82.5%
2008	Math	5th Grade	% met std	94.9%	81.3%
2009	Math	5th Grade	% met std	94.2%	82.5%
2010	Math	5th Grade	% met std	97.4%	83.4%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	95.6%	84.0%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	96.1%	83.6%
2013	Math	5th Grade	% met std	78.0%	59.4%
2003	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	83.2%	60.4%
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	85.4%	60.9%
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	81.2%	62.7%
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	85.3%	68.5%
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	89.8%	69.7%
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	94.4%	73.6%
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	91.5%	73.5%
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	91.7%	74.7%
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	90.2%	76.4%
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	95.0%	77.8%
2013	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	77.4%	58.9%
2006	Math	6th Grade	% met std	95.0%	79.1%
2007	Math	6th Grade	% met std	91.8%	81.4%
2008	Math	6th Grade	% met std	93.4%	82.7%
2009	Math	6th Grade	% met std	93.9%	82.4%
2010	Math	6th Grade	% met std	93.7%	84.6%
2011	Math	6th Grade	% met std	96.5%	83.9%
2012	Math	6th Grade	% met std	96.7%	84.9%
2013	Math	6th Grade	% met std	90.4%	59.6%
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	86.6%	72.8%
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	86.5%	73.4%
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	92.9%	79.1%
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	92.8%	79.9%
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	92.7%	81.2%
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	92.9%	84.1%
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	91.3%	81.7%
2013	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	80.1%	58.9%
2006	Math	7th Grade	% met std	91.8%	76.0%
2007	Math	7th Grade	% met std	92.0%	79.4%
2008	Math	7th Grade	% met std	84.4%	80.4%
2009	Math	7th Grade	% met std	93.0%	82.7%
2010	Math	7th Grade	% met std	93.0%	84.4%
2011	Math	7th Grade	% met std	89.4%	84.3%
2012	Math	7th Grade	% met std	93.7%	84.6%
2013	Math	7th Grade	% met std	74.4%	59.1%
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	87.6%	72%
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	86.8%	73.3%
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	87.1%	77.7%
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	89.9%	77.5%
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	83.6%	77.4%
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	82.0%	78.8%
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	92.8%	78.1%
2013	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	70.9%	58.5%
2003	Science	7th Grade	% met std	82.4%	73.7%
2004	Science	7th Grade	% met std	90.7%	74.4%
2005	Science	7th Grade	% met std	86.5%	74.6%
2006	Science	7th Grade	% met std	94.9%	80.9%
2007	Science	7th Grade	% met std	95.2%	79.3%
2008	Science	7th Grade	% met std	91.5%	79.2%
2009	Science	7th Grade	% met std	94.9%	79.5%
2010	Science	7th Grade	% met std	92.5%	82.4%
2011	Science	7th Grade	% met std	93.1%	81.9%
2012	Science	7th Grade	% met std	95.6%	79.9%
2013	Science	7th Grade	% met std	92.6%	79.0%
2003	Math	8th Grade	% met std	79.1%	53.1%
2004	Math	8th Grade	% met std	82.2%	54.4%
2005	Math	8th Grade	% met std	77.4%	54.3%
2006	Math	8th Grade	% met std	92.8%	78.2%
2007	Math	8th Grade	% met std	93.6%	81.3%
2008	Math	8th Grade	% met std	92.6%	80.3%
2009	Math	8th Grade	% met std	89%	81.7%
2010	Math	8th Grade	% met std	92.1%	83.7%
2011	Math	8th Grade	% met std	92.9%	86.3%
2012	Math	8th Grade	% met std	93.5%	85.0%
2013	Math	8th Grade	% met std	67.3%	58.9%
2003	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	73.4%	63.7%
2004	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	79.3%	67.1%
2005	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	88.6%	72.8%
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	93.7%	79.2%
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	88.2%	81.7%
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	91.2%	81.4%
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	90.2%	83.6%
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	94.2%	84.1%
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	89.3%	85.0%
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	91.9%	86.2%
2013	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	71.8%	59.8%
PSAE Test
2003	Math	11th Grade	% met std	67.1%	53.3%
2004	Math	11th Grade	% met std	71.5%	53.1%
2005	Math	11th Grade	% met std	67.8%	52.8%
2006	Math	11th Grade	% met std	70.2%	53.7%
2007	Math	11th Grade	% met std	68.3%	52.7%
2008	Math	11th Grade	% met std	70.7%	53.0%
2009	Math	11th Grade	% met std	69.3%	51.6%
2010	Math	11th Grade	% met std	71.1%	52.7%
2011	Math	11th Grade	% met std	67.8%	51.3%
2012	Math	11th Grade	% met std	71.7%	51.6%
2013	Math	11th Grade	% met std	73.5%	51.8%
2003	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	75.0%	56.4%
2004	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	74.9%	56.8%
2005	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	75.5%	59.5%
2006	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	77.6%	58.4%
2007	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	68.7%	54.0%
2008	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	73.7%	53.3%
2009	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	65.9%	56.9%
2010	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	73.9%	54.0%
2011	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	66.8%	51.1%
2012	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	69.2%	50.6%
2013	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	80.6%	54.8%
2003	Science	11th Grade	% met std	60.8%	51.3%
2004	Science	11th Grade	% met std	72%	52.9%
2005	Science	11th Grade	% met std	71.3%	52.5%
2006	Science	11th Grade	% met std	61.7%	50.8%
2007	Science	11th Grade	% met std	63.9%	51.0%
2008	Science	11th Grade	% met std	69.3%	51.2%
2009	Science	11th Grade	% met std	65.7%	50.5%
2010	Science	11th Grade	% met std	74.5%	52.4%
2011	Science	11th Grade	% met std	70.5%	49.2%
2012	Science	11th Grade	% met std	74.2%	51.7%
2013	Science	11th Grade	% met std	75.8%	49.4%

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

School District Fiscal Information

	2012			2011			2010
	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%
Total Revenue:	$24,097,000	$9,627		$23,438,000	$9,123		$22,255,000	$8,714
Federal:	$1,012,000	$404	4.2%	$616,000	$240	2.6%	$2,350,000	$920	10.6%
State:	$9,960,000	$3,979	41.3%	$10,831,000	$4,216	46.2%	$9,306,000	$3,644	41.8%
Local:	$13,125,000	$5,244	54.5%	$11,991,000	$4,668	51.2%	$10,599,000	$4,150	47.6%
Total Expenditures:	$22,448,000	$8,968		$22,413,000	$8,724		$21,559,000	$8,441
Total Current Expenditures:	$19,777,000	$7,901		$19,888,000	$7,742		$18,862,000	$7,385
Instructional Expenditures:	$11,467,000	$4,581	58.0%	$11,573,000	$4,505	58.2%	$10,878,000	$4,259	57.7%
Student and Staff Support:	$1,279,000	$511	6.5%	$1,244,000	$484	6.3%	$1,188,000	$465	6.3%
Administration:	$2,838,000	$1,134	14.4%	$2,773,000	$1,079	13.9%	$2,784,000	$1,090	14.8%
Operations, Food, Other:	$4,193,000	$1,675	21.2%	$4,298,000	$1,673	21.6%	$4,012,000	$1,571	21.3%
Total Capital Outlay:	$410,000	$164		$451,000	$176		$414,000	$162
Construction:	$222,000	$89		$16,000	$6		$78,000	$31
Total Other:	$166,000	$66		$207,000	$81		$211,000	$83
Interest on Debt:	$320,000	$128		$348,000	$135		$362,000	$142

Total Salary:	$10,696,000	$4,273		$10,635,000	$4,140		$10,305,000	$4,035
Instruction/Teacher Salary:	$7,359,000	$2,940	68.8%	$7,308,000	$2,845	68.7%	$7,047,000	$2,759	68.4%
Other Salary:	$3,337,000	$1,333	31.2%	$3,327,000	$1,295	31.3%	$3,258,000	$1,276	31.6%
Total Benefit:	$5,387,000	$2,152		$5,377,000	$2,093		$4,766,000	$1,866
Instruction/Teacher Benefit:	$3,558,000	$1,421	66.0%	$3,590,000	$1,397	66.8%	$3,229,000	$1,264	67.8%
Other Benefit:	$1,829,000	$731	34.0%	$1,787,000	$696	33.2%	$1,537,000	$602	32.2%

* Mount Zion Community Unit School District 3 was rated 5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.