IllinoisSchoolsMt Zion Intermediate School

Mt Zion Intermediate School

PublicRegular
Mount Zion, Illinois · Mt Zion CUSD 3
Teachers32.0FTE
Ratio16.3:1students per teacher
Students521enrolled
SCHOOL SNAPSHOT
Students521
Grade Span4–6
Student:Teacher16.3:1
Free/Reduced Lunch33%
Title INo
SectorPublic
Pupil : Teacher Ratio
17.4:1
(2024)
6.7%vs prior yrUS avg 15.4:1
Teacher FTE
32
(2024)
0.0%vs prior yr
Enrollment
557
(2024)
6.9%vs prior yr
Years of Data
5
2020–2024

Pupil : Teacher Ratio — 5-Year Trend

15.2:115.7:116.3:116.8:117.4:117.9:12020202120222023202417.7:116.7:116.3:117.4:115.4:115.4:115.4:115.4:115.4:1This schoolUS public-school avg

Enrollment & Teacher FTE

5185275375475575663030313132322020202120222023202456353153452155730323232EnrollmentTeacher FTE

Year-by-year workforce

Metric20202021202220232024Nat Avg
Enrollment563531534521557
Teacher FTE30323232
Pupil : Teacher ratio17.7:116.7:116.3:117.4:115.4:1

What These Numbers Mean

Teacher FTE

Full-Time Equivalent counts part-time teachers proportionally. One full-time teacher = 1.0 FTE; two half-time teachers also = 1.0 FTE. This is the standard federal reporting unit.

Pupil : Teacher ratio

NCES-reported ratio divides total enrollment by teacher FTE. It is NOT the same as average class size — schools with specialists, coaches, and resource teachers will show lower ratios than typical class sizes.

How to read the trend

A falling pupil:teacher ratio (line going down) means more staffing per student — generally a positive signal. A rising line can indicate budget pressure or fast enrollment growth outpacing hiring. Always compare to the US average (dashed grey).

Historical data spans 20202024 from NCES CCD.

Student Support & Wellbeing

Counselor, nurse, psychologist and social-worker staffing data will appear here once the latest CRDC (Civil Rights Data Collection) ingestion completes for this school.

Source: US Dept of Education — CRDC.