Retired Marshall CUSD 2C employee Mary Dunston saved $108,440 toward her pension over 32 years working for public schools, Illinois Teachers' Retirement Fund (TRS) records show.
Over 40 years of retirement, Dunston would collect as much as $2.976 million, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes East Central Reporter.
Dunston, 55, who currently lives in Marshall, earned $58,420 in her final year at Marshall CUSD 2C.
The projection assumes Dunston will receive 64.1 percent of that total - $37,451 - in her first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.
After three years of retirement, Dunston will have already received $115,758 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of her contributions to the state teachers' pension fund.
According to the Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE), 28.5 percent of Marshall CUSD 2C students met or exceeded the standards for the "PARCC" exams. ISBE reported that 56.8 percent of district's graduates were deemed "college ready" last year.