High Schools in Mt Pulaski CUSD 23

Summary:

Mount Pulaski High School is the sole high school serving the Mt Pulaski CUSD 23 school district in Illinois. The school's performance has fluctuated in recent years, with its statewide ranking ranging from 158 out of 698 Illinois high schools in 2024-2025 to 463 out of 699 in 2022-2023. While the school boasts a strong four-year graduation rate of 89.0% and a low dropout rate of 2.4%, it faces challenges in academic achievement, particularly on college entrance exams like the ACT and SAT.

Mount Pulaski High School has mixed performance on various academic assessments. Its proficiency rates on ACT/English Language Arts, ACT/Mathematics, and ACT/Science are all below the state averages, but the school performs better on PreACT Secure tests in 10th and 9th grades. However, the school's SAT/Mathematics and SAT/English Language Arts proficiency rates are significantly lower than the state averages. The school's chronic absenteeism rate of 25.4% is also higher than the state average, which may be contributing to its academic challenges.

Despite the school's relatively low academic performance, it has a high per-student spending level of $22,861 and a low student-teacher ratio of 9.3, suggesting that the district is allocating resources effectively. The school also serves a relatively high proportion of students from low-income families, with a free and reduced-price lunch rate of 39.77%. Overall, Mount Pulaski High School appears to be facing a mix of strengths and challenges, and the district may need to develop targeted strategies to address the school's academic performance and attendance issues.

District Detail

119 N Garden St
Mount Pulaski, IL 62548-1285

(217) 792-7222

SchoolDigger Rank:
248^th of 811 Illinois districts

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Grades served: PK, KG-12
Students: 547

Primary Schools: 1
Middle Schools: 0
High Schools: 1
Alternative Schools: 0

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				PreACT Secure English Language Arts (2025)		PreACT Secure Mathematics (2025)		PreACT Secure Science (2025)		ACT English Language Arts (2025)	ACT Mathematics (2025)	ACT Science (2025)	% Polio (2024)	% Measles (2024)	% Mumps (2024)	% Rubella (2024)	% Hepatitis B (2024)	% Varicella (2024)	% DTP (2024)	% Meningococcal (2024)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	PreACT Secure English Language Arts 9th Grade	PreACT Secure English Language Arts 10th Grade	PreACT Secure Mathematics 9th Grade	PreACT Secure Mathematics 10th Grade	PreACT Secure Science 9th Grade	PreACT Secure Science 10th Grade	ACT English Language Arts 11th Grade	ACT Mathematics 11th Grade	ACT Science 11th Grade	% Polio All Grades	% Measles All Grades	% Mumps All Grades	% Rubella All Grades	% Hepatitis B All Grades	% Varicella All Grades	% DTP All Grades	% Meningococcal All Grades	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Mount Pulaski High School	Public	9-12	206 S Spring St	Mount Pulaski	62548	Logan County	Mt Pulaski CUSD 23	No	(n/a)	No	No	(217) 792-3209	178	19	9.5	41.6%	170 (95.5%)	2 (1.1%)	4 (2.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.1%)	72.2	158^th of 698 public high schools	77.4%		38.1	409^th of 697 public high schools	41.3%	251	66.0	69.0	55.3	54.8	53.2	59.5	43.2	36.4	45.5	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	99.4	$20,491	$485	$20,006

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Chester-East Lincoln CCSD 61	9.45 mi	1	187^th
DeWitt/Livingstn/Logan/McLean ROE	9.65 mi	6
Lincoln CHSD 404	9.65 mi	1	512^th
Lincoln Education Service District 27	10.21 mi	5	425^th
Sangamon Valley CUSD 9	11.24 mi	4	455^th

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau, the Illinois Department of Public Health and the Illinois State Board of Education.

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