School district · Illinois

Morton CUSD 709

Morton CUSD 709 in Illinois: 7 public schools with 3,247 students and 15.4 students per teacher in the 2024–25 school year. It spent $15,231 per student in FY2024.

Schools: 7
Students: 3,247
Students per teacher: 15.4; IL 13.5 · US 15.1
Spending per student: $15,231; IL $21.4K · US $17.6K

Staff

Full-time equivalents reported by the district. Ratios are students per staff member: lower means more staff for each student, not better results.

Teachers (FTE): 211
Counselors (FTE): 6.8
Students per counselor: 481; IL 414 · US 357
Psychologists (FTE): 3.6; Librarians (FTE): 1.0

Money

Current spending pays for staff, services and supplies; buildings and debt are counted apart. It follows local costs and needs (special education, long bus routes), so it is a comparison, not a grade.

Spending per student, 2015–2024

$11.6K15

$12.0K16

$12.9K17

$13.3K18

$13.5K19

$16.9K20

$12.2K21

$13.7K22

$14.1K23

$15.2K24

Where the money comes from (FY2024)

Federal: 3.1% · $1.8M
State: 31% · $18.5M
Local: 66% · $39M

Per student (FY2024)

Instruction: $9,653
Support services: $5,163
Buildings and equipment (capital outlay): $4.7M
Long-term debt: $2M

Schools

Open public schools of the district in the 2024–25 school year.

Elementary schools: 4Middle schools: 1High schools: 1Other schools: 1

School	Grades	Students	Students / teacher	City or town
Grundy Elem School	Pre-K–6	465	19.4	Morton
Jefferson Elem School	Pre-K–6	354	16.2	Morton
Lettie Brown Elementary School	K–6	346	17.3	Morton
Lincoln Elem School	Pre-K–6	517	16.8	Morton
Morton Jr High School	7–8	504	13.2	Morton
Morton High School	9–12	1,061	14.8	Morton
Morton AcademyAlternative	K–12	0	—	Morton

Sources

Address: 1050 S 4th Ave Ste 200, Morton, IL 61550
Phone: (309)263-2581

Website

Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
Annual Survey of School System Finances (U.S. Census Bureau), FY2024. U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances (F-33).