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Morrison, Illinois - 4 schools
An equity score of 33/100 ranks Morrison Cusd 6 #502 of 763 districts in Illinois (state average 38). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $13,983 per pupil, Morrison Cusd 6 ranks #602 of 848 Illinois districts by per-pupil spending (Illinois districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
980
Total Enrollment
4
Schools
$13,983
Per-Pupil Spending
High, Combined
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Morrison Cusd 6 operates 4 public schools serving 980 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Illinois. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 high, 1 combined, 1 middle, 1 elementary schools, a small enough portfolio that most families will interact with nearly every campus in the district at some point. These enrollment and school figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is based in Whiteside County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $13,983 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the lower half of 848 Illinois districts by per-pupil spending. See how Illinois compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 50.7% local, 40.7% state, and 8.6% federal, a local-revenue-heavy mix that leaves the district more exposed to property-tax swings and local ballot measures than state-funded peers. The district's equity score is 33/100, ranked #502 of 763 in Illinois against a state average of 38, in line with the typical spread seen across the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 4 schools offering Advanced Placement (3 AP courses district-wide), a 243.3:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 21.3% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 87.9% White, 8.0% Hispanic or Latino, 1.3% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Morrison High School, with a diversity index of 25.6/100.
Its largest campus is Morrison High School, enrolling 294 students (30% of the district's total enrollment).
Morrison High School accounts for 30.0% of all Morrison Cusd 6 student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Morrison Cusd 6-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: high. A single dominant campus often anchors a district's program offerings and staffing patterns; the share helps explain why district-wide averages may not reflect the typical neighbourhood-school experience. When one entity dominates a region's footprint, its programmatic and budget decisions effectively set policy for a majority of the affected population.
Morrison Cusd 6 student-counselor ratio is 243:1 — low (typically associated with meeting or exceeding the American School Counselor Association (ASCA) recommended 250:1 benchmark, which correlates with stronger college and career counseling capacity)
student-counselor ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE counselors against total enrollment, districts that contract intervention or social-emotional staff outside the counselor classification may be under-counted Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.
Morrison Cusd 6 chronic absenteeism rate is 21.3% — near the typical range (US average ~28) — aligned with the national post-pandemic baseline of roughly 28% chronic absenteeism
chronic absenteeism rate is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: a student is chronically absent if they miss ≥10% of enrolled days for any reason, illness, family obligations, or disengagement Variation between sub-units within Morrison Cusd 6 is typically wider than the Morrison Cusd 6-aggregate figure suggests.