# Mercer County  ELC

*Machine-readable school profile — served at https://us.il.whatschool.ai/en/il/school/mercer-county-elc-joy/llm*

Full profile (human-readable): https://us.il.whatschool.ai/en/il/school/mercer-county-elc-joy

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## Core identification
- **NCES School ID**: `170139506874`
- **School name**: Mercer County  ELC
- **Location**: Joy, IL 61260
- **Address**: 203 N Washington St
- **District**: Mercer County School District 404 (LEAID `1701395`)
- **Sector**: Public
- **School type**: Regular
- **Coordinates**: 41.19974, -90.87922
- **Phone**: (309)584-5001

## Enrollment (2024)
- **Students**: 66
- **Teachers (FTE)**: 3
- **Student-teacher ratio**: 22.0:1
- **Free/reduced lunch**: 53.0%

## Demographics (2023)
- **Free/reduced lunch eligible**: 48.2%

## Finance
### District F-33 (2022)
- **District per-pupil revenue**: $17,571,317
- **Federal share**: 8.3%
- **State share**: 38.0%
- **Local share**: 53.6%
- **Instructional spending per pupil**: $8,177,708

## Neighbourhood (ACS 2019-2023)
- **Median household income**: $66,085
- **Poverty rate**: 8.1%
- **Bachelor's degree or higher**: 12.7%
- **Unemployment**: 4.3%
- **Median gross rent**: $618
- **Foreign-born residents**: 0.6%
- **Single-parent households**: 8.4%

## Environmental context
- **Nearest Superfund (NPL)**: 32.8 miles (GALESBURG KOPPERS CO)
- **Toxic Release Inventory sites within 1 mile**: 0
- **TRI sites within 5 miles**: 0
- **Nearest brownfield**: 17.11 miles (FASTENAL COMPANY)

### Water safety
- **Public water system**: JOY
- **SDWA health violations (10 yr)**: 0
- **Acute violations (10 yr)**: 0
- **Most recent violation**: 2025-07-02

### Air quality
- **PM2.5 annual average**: 6.90831 μg/m³ (EPA std: 9)
- **Nearest monitor**: 17.0 miles

## Related data feeds
- **Profile (human)**: https://us.il.whatschool.ai/en/il/school/mercer-county-elc-joy
- **Performance**: https://us.il.whatschool.ai/en/il/school/mercer-county-elc-joy/performance
- **Finance**: https://us.il.whatschool.ai/en/il/school/mercer-county-elc-joy/finance
- **Demographics**: https://us.il.whatschool.ai/en/il/school/mercer-county-elc-joy/demographics
- **Inclusion**: https://us.il.whatschool.ai/en/il/school/mercer-county-elc-joy/inclusion
- **Context (neighbourhood)**: https://us.il.whatschool.ai/en/il/school/mercer-county-elc-joy/context
- **Attendance**: https://us.il.whatschool.ai/en/il/school/mercer-county-elc-joy/attendance
- **Discipline**: https://us.il.whatschool.ai/en/il/school/mercer-county-elc-joy/discipline
- **Outcomes**: https://us.il.whatschool.ai/en/il/school/mercer-county-elc-joy/outcomes
- **Workforce**: https://us.il.whatschool.ai/en/il/school/mercer-county-elc-joy/workforce

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*Source: US Dept of Education CCD, EDFacts, CRDC, F-33; US Census ACS; EPA SDWIS, TRI, NPL, AQS; state DOE portals (CA CDE, TX TEA, FL DOE, NY NYSED, IL ISBE, WA OSPI). Aggregated by WhatSchool.ai.*

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