Scott-Morgan Cusd 2 operates 3 public schools serving 187 students, placing it among the smaller districts in Illinois. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 other, 1 high, 1 middle schools, giving families a clear picture of grade-band coverage before they move, rent, or enrol. Aggregated across those campuses, enrollment totals 169 pupils using the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is geographically located in Scott County County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $18,543 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, which aggregates every revenue and spending line reported under federal accounting standards. The funding mix is 43.8% local, 43.1% state, and 13.1% federal — a breakdown that matters because districts leaning heavily on local revenue are more exposed to property-tax swings, while higher federal shares typically track Title I concentration. Average teacher compensation clocks in at $87,016 per NCES F-33, a signal of the district's ability to recruit and retain staff against neighbouring districts.
a 112.7:1 student-counselor ratio that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 44.0% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 97.3% White across the district's schools.
Bluffs Elementary School accounts for 47.9% of all Scott-Morgan Cusd 2 student enrollment
That concentration — well above the 8.4% national median for largest-entity share — means Scott-Morgan Cusd 2-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: other. 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.
Scott-Morgan Cusd 2 school enrollment varies 2.2× across entities
Scott-Morgan Cusd 2 school enrollment ranges from 37 students (lowest) to 81 students (highest), a spread of 44 students. That relatively narrow ratio reflects an unusually homogeneous campus portfolio — most districts have a wider mix of school sizes. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Scott-Morgan Cusd 2 student-counselor ratio is 113:1 — 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.
Scott-Morgan Cusd 2 chronic absenteeism rate is 44.0% — 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.