County / FIPS 17131
Mercer County
Illinois
Mercer County runs 9 public schools reporting to NCES. It also has 1 Medicare-certified hospital reporting to CMS.
At a glance
Public schools
9
Hospitals
1
With a star rating
0
Land area
561
Federal money
Obligations recorded against a place of performance in Mercer County. An obligation is a legal commitment to pay, not cash out the door — outlays follow later, sometimes by years.
Obligations, FY2025
$133.8M
Per resident
$8,523
Change since FY2021
−9%
Fiscal years covered
5
▸ View as table
| Period | Obligations |
|---|---|
| 2021 | $147M |
| 2022 | $114M |
| 2023 | $108M |
| 2024 | $117M |
| 2025 | $134M |
Figures are nominal — not adjusted for inflation — because USAspending publishes them that way and adjusting them here would mean this site had edited a government figure. The per-resident figure divides by the 2020 decennial count, which is the population USAspending carries; a 2020 denominator against 2025 spending overstates per-head figures wherever a place has grown since. Mercer County ranks 2067th of 3,233 on this measure in FY2025.
Hospitals in Mercer County
| Hospital | City | CMS rating |
|---|---|---|
| Genesis Medical Center, Aledo | Aledo | Not rated |
Public schools in Mercer County
Enrollment is the most recent year NCES published.
| School | District | City | Enrollment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apollo Elem School | Mercer County School District 404 | Aledo | 335 |
| Matherville Intermediate School | Sherrard CUSD 200 | Matherville | 190 |
| Mercer County Elc | Mercer County School District 404 | Joy | 81 |
| Mercer County High School | Mercer County School District 404 | Aledo | 404 |
| Mercer County Jr High School | Mercer County School District 404 | Aledo | 299 |
| New Boston Elem School | Mercer County School District 404 | New Boston | 175 |
| Sherrard Elementary School | Sherrard CUSD 200 | Sherrard | 237 |
| Winola Elementary School | Sherrard CUSD 200 | Viola | 273 |
| Mercer County Intermediate School | Mercer County School District 404 | Aledo | — |