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Mount Vernon, Illinois - 1 schools
An equity score of 45/100 ranks Mt Vernon Twp Hsd 201 #222 of 763 districts in Illinois (state average 38). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $17,980 per pupil, Mt Vernon Twp Hsd 201 ranks #278 of 848 Illinois districts by per-pupil spending (Illinois districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
1,210
Total Enrollment
1
Schools
$17,980
Per-Pupil Spending
High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Mt Vernon Twp Hsd 201 operates 1 public schools serving 1,210 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Illinois. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 high 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 Jefferson County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $17,980 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the upper half of 848 Illinois districts by per-pupil spending. See how Illinois compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 51.3% local, 39.9% state, and 8.7% 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 45/100, ranked #222 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 1 schools offering Advanced Placement (10 AP courses district-wide), and 41.2% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 70.2% White, 15.9% African American, 4.0% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Mount Vernon High School, enrolling 1,233 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
Mount Vernon High School accounts for 100.0% of all Mt Vernon Twp Hsd 201 student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Mt Vernon Twp Hsd 201 a distant remainder — means Mt Vernon Twp Hsd 201-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.
Mt Vernon Twp Hsd 201 chronic absenteeism rate is 41.2% — high (typically associated with higher-than-average disruption; recent CRDC data showed elevated rates persisting after pandemic-era schooling changes)
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 Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.