Jason Helfer Chief Education Officer - Instruction | Twitter
Jason Helfer Chief Education Officer - Instruction | Twitter
This is a 0.5% increase over the previous school year.
Mt. Zion High School had the largest enrollment in the district with 743 students.
Mount Zion Community Unit School District 3 roughly covers schools within Macon County and has a main office in Mount Zion.
In 2022, Illinois had 1,925,415 students enrolled in a total of 3,977 schools. There were 130,467 teachers in the public schools, or roughly one teacher for every 15 students, compared to the national average of 1:16.
K-12 enrollment has been declining in Illinois for many years, reflecting demographic changes. Combined public and private K-12 enrollment dropped three percent between the 2019-2020 and 2020-2021 school year (60,900 students), far more than the typical 0.5 percent to 1.5 percent annual enrollment declines in Illinois over the last 5 years.
| School | Enrollment | Change from Previous Year (%) |
|---|---|---|
| Mt. Zion Junior High School | 400 | -0.2% |
| Mt. Zion Elementary School | 330 | -4.3% |
| Mt. Zion High School | 743 | 3.3% |
| McGaughey Elementary School | 381 | -0.5% |
| Mt. Zion Intermediate School | 532 | 0.9% |
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