Macomb Community Unit School District 185

What Macomb Community Unit School District 185 does

Macomb Community Unit School District 185 (CUSD 185) is a public K-12 school district serving the city of Macomb and surrounding areas in McDonough County, Illinois. The district operates five schools spanning the full educational continuum: MacArthur Early Childhood Center, Lincoln School, Edison School, Macomb Middle School, and Macomb High School. It provides free, compulsory public education to resident students and is governed by an elected board of education, with operational leadership overseen by a superintendent and administrative team. The district employs between 251 and 500 staff across instructional, administrative, facilities, food service, and support roles.

The district's core operational technology stack comprises CivicPlus for the public-facing website and community engagement, Skyward as the student information system, Clever as a single-sign-on and roster integration layer, and Microsoft Office 365 for staff productivity and collaboration. Food services are operated in partnership with Aramark, indicating a pattern of outsourcing non-instructional functions to specialized vendors. The board of education has adjusted its regular meeting schedule effective July 1, 2026, reflecting routine governance restructuring.

CUSD 185 is funded through a combination of local property taxes, Illinois state aid distributed via the Evidence-Based Funding formula, and federal program grants (including Title I and IDEA). As a public entity, the district does not charge tuition and does not operate a commercial revenue model; its financial position is determined by statutory funding formulas, local tax base, and enrollment. The district's competitive position is structurally protected by its state-granted jurisdictional monopoly on public K-12 instruction within its attendance boundaries.

Name

Macomb Community Unit School District 185

Legal name

Macomb Community Unit School District 185

Website

https://macomb185.org

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Short description

Macomb Community Unit School District 185 is a public K-12 school district in McDonough County, Illinois, operating five schools from early childhood through high school for resident students. It is funded by local property taxes, Illinois state aid, and federal grants, and outsources food services to Aramark.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Public K-12 Education

NAICS

Elementary and Secondary Schools (6111), Elementary and Secondary Schools (611110)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Public K–12 Combined Schools (EDAJAAAE)

akta.pro secondary industries

Public School Districts (K–12) (EDADABAA), Public Elementary Schools (EDAJAAAB)

Keywords

• K-12 public education
• Early childhood programs
• Special education services
• Student transportation services
• School meal programs

Headquarters

HQ city

Macomb

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Supply Chain, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Public School Funding: District operates as a public school district funded through local property taxes, state education funding, and federal education grants. No direct revenue is collected from families for core educational services.

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Macomb Community Unit School District 185 operates a public K-12 school system serving students from early childhood through 12th grade in Macomb, Illinois. The district runs five schools — MacArthur Early Childhood Center, Lincoln School, Edison School, Macomb Middle School, and Macomb High School — and provides comprehensive academic programs, athletics and extracurricular activities, food service, transportation, special services, counseling, and nursing support funded through local property taxes, state aid, and federal grants.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Lincoln School Elementary school operated by the district at 521 S. Pearl Street, Macomb, Illinois (contact 309-833-2095).
• Edison School Elementary school operated by the district at 521 S. Pearl Street, Macomb, Illinois; student hours 8:00 a.m. – 2:50 p.m. (contact 309-837-3993).
• MacArthur Early Childhood Center Early childhood education program for young children in the district, housed at MacArthur Early Childhood Center with contact number 309-833-4273.
• Macomb Middle School Middle school serving grades 6 through 8 at 1531 S. Johnson St., Macomb, Illinois; student hours 8:10 a.m. – 3:10 p.m. (contact 309-833-2074).
• Macomb High School High school serving grades 9 through 12 at 1525 S. Johnson Street, Macomb, Illinois; office hours Monday–Friday 7:30 a.m. – 4 p.m., student hours 8:05 a.m. – 3:05 p.m. (contact 309-837-2331).
• School Meal Program Breakfast and lunch meal programs operated through Aramark Food Service for district students (contact 309-837-2335).
• Student Transportation Services

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Aramark Food ServiceminorOthersFood service provider for the district's breakfast and lunch meal programs. Aramark operates the food service at district facilities.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• Galesburg Community Unit School District 205: Another Community Unit School District in western Illinois serving K-12 with multiple school buildings, nearly identical governance structure and rural-midwest operating context to Macomb 185.
• Springfield School District 186: Illinois public school district of comparable size operating multiple K-12 schools in a mid-sized Illinois city, sharing the same state funding formula and regulatory environment as Macomb 185.
• Peoria Public Schools District 150: Mid-sized Illinois public school district serving K-12 in central Illinois with comparable multi-school structure, funded through the same state aid and property tax mechanisms as Macomb 185.
• Quincy Public Schools District 172: Western Illinois public school district operating multiple K-12 schools in a community of similar scale and demographic profile to Macomb, with overlapping funding and vendor ecosystems.
• Bloomington Public Schools District 87: Central Illinois K-12 public school district of similar scale, sharing Illinois evidence-based funding model exposure and operating multiple school buildings analogous to Macomb 185.
• Rockford Public Schools District 205: Larger Illinois K-12 public school district operating under the same state regulatory and funding framework, providing a benchmark for scaled K-12 operations within the same Illinois context.
• Joliet Public School District 86: Illinois K-12 public school district serving a mid-sized city with multi-school structure, governed under identical Illinois School Code provisions as Macomb 185.
• Naperville Community Unit School District 203: Community Unit School District in Illinois with K-12 multi-school structure; structurally identical governance form to Macomb 185 though operating in a higher-property-wealth suburban context.
• Indian Prairie School District 204: Illinois K-12 public school district operating across multiple school buildings under the same state funding regime, comparable in service-model design though serving a larger suburban population than Macomb 185.

Broad incumbents

• Chicago Public Schools: The largest public school district in Illinois and a BROAD_INCUMBENT in the same regulatory and funding environment; offers a reference point for scaled district operations but does not directly compete with Macomb 185.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xtwitter.com/search?q=%40twomeymcusd185&src=typd

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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