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Murphysboro Community Unit School District 186

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Murphysboro Community Unit School District 186 is located in south Illinois. Murphysboro Community Unit School District 186 has 151.82 square miles of land area and 5.85 square miles of water area. As of 2010-2014, the total Murphysboro Community Unit School District 186 population is 15,544. Murphysboro Community Unit School District 186 median household income is $37,567 in 2010-2014. Murphysboro Community Unit School District 186 median house value is $87,500 in 2010-2014. On average, Murphysboro Community Unit School District 186 is worse than the state average in quality.

Ranking:	High School: (430 out of 476, bottom 10%) Elementary/Middle School: (644 out of 757, bottom 15%)* Rank: #769
Type:	Regular Local School District
Grade:	Prekindergarten to Grade 12
Number of Schools:	5
Population	15,544 (2010-2014), rank #249
Population Growth	4.43% since 2005-2009, see rank
Population Density:	98.59/sq mi, rank #465
Median Household Income:	$37,567 at 2010-2014—13.14% increase since 2005-2009, rank #802
Median House Price:	$87,500 at 2010-2014—7.76% increase since 2005-2009, rank #660
Time Zone:	Central GMT -6:00 with Daylight Saving in the Summer
Land Area:	151.82 sq mi, rank #137
Water Area:	5.85 sq mi (3.71%), rank #40
State:	Illinois
County:	Jackson County
City:	Murphysboro, De Soto, Harrison, Gorham, Ava, Pomona, Carbondale, Alto Pass
Zip:	62966, 62924, 62940, 62907, 62975, 62903, 62905, 62901
Area:	Carbondale, IL

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Murphysboro Community Unit School District 186 Map, Border, and Nearby Locations

593 Ava Rd

Murphysboro IL, 62966, Jackson County

Phone: 618-684-3781

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014	2012-2013	2011-2012	2010-2011	2009-2010	2008-2009	2007-2008
Total Students:	2,136	2,153	2,133	2,122	2,147	2,048	1,956
English Language Learner Students:	31	30	30	37	51	50	35
Total Teachers:	139.66	NA	133.94	132.94	137.17	133.50	102.90
Prekindergarten:	NA	NA	0.00	0.00	0.00	NA	0.00
Kindergarten:	NA	NA	7.86	7.06	7.00	7.00	6.00
Elementary:	90.49	NA	82.86	79.59	80.40	79.70	36.00
Secondary:	44.90	NA	43.22	46.29	49.77	46.80	60.90
Ungraded:	NA	0.00	NA	NA	0.00	NA	NA
Total Other Staff:	63.14	87.72	20.61	21.61	15.90	19.10	41.30
Instructional Aides:	NA	14.07	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Instructional Coordinators & Supervisors:	NA	NA	1.00	1.25	1.00	3.10	0.00
Total Guidance Counselors:	4.00	3.14	4.00	3.03	2.00	2.50	2.00
Elementary Guidance Counselors:	1.00	1.00	1.00	0.00	0.00	NA	0.00
Secondary Guidance Counselors:	3.00	2.14	3.00	2.01	2.00	2.50	2.00
Other Guidance Counselors:	0.00	0.00	0.00	1.02	NA	NA	NA
Librarians/Media Specialists:	2.00	NA	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	1.00
Library/Media Support:	3.00	0.00	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
District Administrators:	1.00	NA	1.00	1.09	1.00	2.00	1.00
District Administrative Support:	NA	0.00	NA	NA	NA	NA	3.00
School Administrators:	8.00	NA	6.00	6.00	6.00	6.00	4.00
School Administrative Support:	NA	18.37	NA	NA	NA	NA	3.00
Student Support Services:	NA	NA	6.61	8.24	3.90	3.50	4.00
Other Support Services:	45.14	52.14	NA	NA	NA	NA	23.30
Student-Teacher Ratio:	15.29	NA	15.93	15.96	15.65	15.34	19.01

Schools

Carruthers Elementary School	Prekindergarten to Grade 5	80 Candy Ln, Murphysboro IL 62966
Gen John A Logan Attendance Cntr	Prekindergarten to Grade 5	320 Watson Rd, Murphysboro IL 62966
Mcelvain School	Prekindergarten to Prekindergarten	593 Ava Rd, Murphysboro IL 62966
Murphysboro High School	Grade 9 to Grade 12	50 Blackwood Dr, Murphysboro IL 62966
Murphysboro Middle School	Grade 6 to Grade 8	2125 Spruce St, Murphysboro IL 62966

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	State Average
ISAT Test
2003	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	82.8%	75.7%
2004	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	78.3%	79.1%
2005	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	90.9%	79.3%
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	85.8%	85.6%
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	92.2%	86.7%
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	85.5%	85.1%
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	89.0%	85.2%
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	91.4%	86.4%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	84.3%	87.3%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	88.7%	87.7%
2013	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	59.2%	54.8%
2003	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	65.2%	62.0%
2004	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	63.5%	65.1%
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	72.0%	66.6%
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	66.9%	70.7%
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	67.1%	72.9%
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	67.4%	71.8%
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	77.9%	72.2%
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	77.1%	73.7%
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	63.7%	74.7%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	70.0%	76.0%
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	58.5%	58.8%
2006	Math	4th Grade	% met std	88.3%	84.8%
2007	Math	4th Grade	% met std	85.4%	86.4%
2008	Math	4th Grade	% met std	83.5%	84.6%
2009	Math	4th Grade	% met std	80.8%	85.8%
2010	Math	4th Grade	% met std	87.6%	85.9%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	89.4%	87.7%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	85.8%	88.1%
2013	Math	4th Grade	% met std	51.5%	60.2%
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	66.9%	72.9%
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	64.2%	73.7%
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	63.9%	73.2%
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	67.4%	73.8%
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	73.2%	73.7%
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	74.4%	74.7%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	71.2%	76.0%
2013	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	49.7%	59.2%
2003	Science	4th Grade	% met std	82.5%	66.5%
2004	Science	4th Grade	% met std	81.0%	67.8%
2005	Science	4th Grade	% met std	75.7%	71.4%
2006	Science	4th Grade	% met std	88.2%	79.9%
2007	Science	4th Grade	% met std	74.4%	79.7%
2008	Science	4th Grade	% met std	77.3%	76.2%
2009	Science	4th Grade	% met std	77.9%	76.8%
2010	Science	4th Grade	% met std	80.4%	76.6%
2011	Science	4th Grade	% met std	82.5%	79.4%
2012	Science	4th Grade	% met std	77.7%	79.8%
2013	Science	4th Grade	% met std	77.2%	80.9%
2003	Math	5th Grade	% met std	70.0%	68.3%
2004	Math	5th Grade	% met std	82.5%	71.8%
2005	Math	5th Grade	% met std	77.4%	73.2%
2006	Math	5th Grade	% met std	75.0%	78.6%
2007	Math	5th Grade	% met std	78.2%	82.5%
2008	Math	5th Grade	% met std	74.7%	81.3%
2009	Math	5th Grade	% met std	90.2%	82.5%
2010	Math	5th Grade	% met std	87.1%	83.4%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	80.9%	84.0%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	85.5%	83.6%
2013	Math	5th Grade	% met std	53.0%	59.4%
2003	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	60.9%	60.4%
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	59.5%	60.9%
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	63.1%	62.7%
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	55.1%	68.5%
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	65.4%	69.7%
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	58.5%	73.6%
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	67.8%	73.5%
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	72.0%	74.7%
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	75.9%	76.4%
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	74.7%	77.8%
2013	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	57.3%	58.9%
2006	Math	6th Grade	% met std	87.6%	79.1%
2007	Math	6th Grade	% met std	85.2%	81.4%
2008	Math	6th Grade	% met std	81.2%	82.7%
2009	Math	6th Grade	% met std	79.3%	82.4%
2010	Math	6th Grade	% met std	85.2%	84.6%
2011	Math	6th Grade	% met std	81.7%	83.9%
2012	Math	6th Grade	% met std	88.5%	84.9%
2013	Math	6th Grade	% met std	58.1%	59.6%
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	69.0%	72.8%
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	71.1%	73.4%
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	73.9%	79.1%
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	74.1%	79.9%
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	75.4%	81.2%
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	75.1%	84.1%
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	83.8%	81.7%
2013	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	48.5%	58.9%
2006	Math	7th Grade	% met std	78.4%	76.0%
2007	Math	7th Grade	% met std	84.5%	79.4%
2008	Math	7th Grade	% met std	74.9%	80.4%
2009	Math	7th Grade	% met std	82.2%	82.7%
2010	Math	7th Grade	% met std	86.8%	84.4%
2011	Math	7th Grade	% met std	85.1%	84.3%
2012	Math	7th Grade	% met std	77.1%	84.6%
2013	Math	7th Grade	% met std	55.3%	59.1%
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	61.9%	72%
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	73.1%	73.3%
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	66.3%	77.7%
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	72.1%	77.5%
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	66.6%	77.4%
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	68.9%	78.8%
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	66.6%	78.1%
2013	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	53.3%	58.5%
2003	Science	7th Grade	% met std	70.6%	73.7%
2004	Science	7th Grade	% met std	78.0%	74.4%
2005	Science	7th Grade	% met std	77.5%	74.6%
2006	Science	7th Grade	% met std	81.6%	80.9%
2007	Science	7th Grade	% met std	83.5%	79.3%
2008	Science	7th Grade	% met std	79.0%	79.2%
2009	Science	7th Grade	% met std	78.1%	79.5%
2010	Science	7th Grade	% met std	83.9%	82.4%
2011	Science	7th Grade	% met std	77.6%	81.9%
2012	Science	7th Grade	% met std	77.8%	79.9%
2013	Science	7th Grade	% met std	84.0%	79.0%
2003	Math	8th Grade	% met std	51.4%	53.1%
2004	Math	8th Grade	% met std	43.7%	54.4%
2005	Math	8th Grade	% met std	54.8%	54.3%
2006	Math	8th Grade	% met std	73.4%	78.2%
2007	Math	8th Grade	% met std	81.1%	81.3%
2008	Math	8th Grade	% met std	71.4%	80.3%
2009	Math	8th Grade	% met std	72.5%	81.7%
2010	Math	8th Grade	% met std	84.8%	83.7%
2011	Math	8th Grade	% met std	84.1%	86.3%
2012	Math	8th Grade	% met std	77.9%	85.0%
2013	Math	8th Grade	% met std	43.5%	58.9%
2003	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	59.2%	63.7%
2004	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	61.7%	67.1%
2005	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	72.1%	72.8%
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	66.0%	79.2%
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	74.5%	81.7%
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	74.4%	81.4%
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	71.7%	83.6%
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	72.8%	84.1%
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	76.5%	85.0%
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	79.6%	86.2%
2013	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	44.4%	59.8%
PSAE Test
2003	Math	11th Grade	% met std	57.9%	53.3%
2004	Math	11th Grade	% met std	59.3%	53.1%
2005	Math	11th Grade	% met std	54.3%	52.8%
2006	Math	11th Grade	% met std	50.4%	53.7%
2007	Math	11th Grade	% met std	44.2%	52.7%
2008	Math	11th Grade	% met std	41.7%	53.0%
2009	Math	11th Grade	% met std	31.4%	51.6%
2010	Math	11th Grade	% met std	37.2%	52.7%
2011	Math	11th Grade	% met std	40.4%	51.3%
2012	Math	11th Grade	% met std	32.9%	51.6%
2013	Math	11th Grade	% met std	37.3%	51.8%
2003	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	50.3%	56.4%
2004	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	62.1%	56.8%
2005	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	59.5%	59.5%
2006	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	45.0%	58.4%
2007	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	43.5%	54.0%
2008	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	43.0%	53.3%
2009	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	43.8%	56.9%
2010	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	47.2%	54.0%
2011	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	43.0%	51.1%
2012	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	36.4%	50.6%
2013	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	47.3%	54.8%
2003	Science	11th Grade	% met std	47.8%	51.3%
2004	Science	11th Grade	% met std	56.5%	52.9%
2005	Science	11th Grade	% met std	50.0%	52.5%
2006	Science	11th Grade	% met std	39.6%	50.8%
2007	Science	11th Grade	% met std	38.9%	51.0%
2008	Science	11th Grade	% met std	36.2%	51.2%
2009	Science	11th Grade	% met std	33.4%	50.5%
2010	Science	11th Grade	% met std	37.9%	52.4%
2011	Science	11th Grade	% met std	39.7%	49.2%
2012	Science	11th Grade	% met std	36.4%	51.7%
2013	Science	11th Grade	% met std	35.6%	49.4%

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

School District Fiscal Information

	2012			2011			2010
	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%
Total Revenue:	$28,117,000	$13,182		$27,762,000	$13,083		$25,315,000	$11,791
Federal:	$2,607,000	$1,222	9.3%	$3,158,000	$1,488	11.4%	$3,961,000	$1,845	15.6%
State:	$17,495,000	$8,202	62.2%	$16,851,000	$7,941	60.7%	$13,757,000	$6,408	54.3%
Local:	$8,015,000	$3,758	28.5%	$7,753,000	$3,654	27.9%	$7,597,000	$3,538	30.0%
Total Expenditures:	$28,968,000	$13,581		$26,679,000	$12,573		$26,166,000	$12,187
Total Current Expenditures:	$21,048,000	$9,868		$19,241,000	$9,067		$19,271,000	$8,976
Instructional Expenditures:	$12,024,000	$5,637	57.1%	$11,329,000	$5,339	58.9%	$11,605,000	$5,405	60.2%
Student and Staff Support:	$1,929,000	$904	9.2%	$1,498,000	$706	7.8%	$1,191,000	$555	6.2%
Administration:	$2,485,000	$1,165	11.8%	$2,209,000	$1,041	11.5%	$2,290,000	$1,067	11.9%
Operations, Food, Other:	$4,610,000	$2,161	21.9%	$4,205,000	$1,982	21.9%	$4,185,000	$1,949	21.7%
Total Capital Outlay:	$1,417,000	$664		$2,010,000	$947		$2,387,000	$1,112
Construction:	$1,245,000	$584		$1,723,000	$812		$2,001,000	$932
Total Other:	$41,000	$19		$37,000	$17		$11,000	$5
Interest on Debt:	$358,000	$168		$405,000	$191		$335,000	$156

Total Salary:	$10,552,000	$4,947		$10,253,000	$4,832		$10,085,000	$4,697
Instruction/Teacher Salary:	$7,319,000	$3,431	69.4%	$7,131,000	$3,361	69.6%	$7,209,000	$3,358	71.5%
Other Salary:	$3,233,000	$1,516	30.6%	$3,122,000	$1,471	30.4%	$2,876,000	$1,340	28.5%
Total Benefit:	$5,840,000	$2,738		$5,180,000	$2,441		$4,981,000	$2,320
Instruction/Teacher Benefit:	$3,881,000	$1,820	66.5%	$3,512,000	$1,655	67.8%	$3,509,000	$1,634	70.4%
Other Benefit:	$1,959,000	$918	33.5%	$1,668,000	$786	32.2%	$1,472,000	$686	29.6%

* Murphysboro Community Unit School District 186 was rated 1.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.