Murphysboro High School posted a series of updates on April 2, 2026, highlighting community support for its girls soccer team and sharing links to related content.
In a post at 22:29 UTC, Murphysboro High School wrote, “Red Devils Girls Soccer Team would like to thank Niemann’s American Flooring & Benjamin Moore of Murphysboro for their donation of warmup jackets for the program! https://t.co/uQeDWET1vp”. Earlier that day, at 17:44 UTC, the school shared another update via social media: “https://t.co/nHjNVYBibr”. Later in the evening, at 23:04 UTC, an additional link was posted: “https://t.co/SwxxkNsQ07”.
Murphysboro High School is part of Murphysboro Community Unit School District 186. The district represents Jackson County and includes several schools such as Carruthers Elementary School, General John A. Logan Attendance Centre, McElvain School, Murphysboro Middle School, and Murphysboro High School itself (source). According to data from the Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE), the district employed 147 teachers with an average salary of $53,770 during the last reporting period. The teaching staff is composed of approximately 74.9 percent women and 25.1 percent men; no teacher recorded more than ten absences in a school year (source).
Demographically, Murphysboro Community Unit School District 186 is made up of about 69 percent White students, 15.9 percent Black students, 7.1 percent Hispanic students, and 0.1 percent Asian students (source). In terms of finances and enrollment size, the district spent $19,142 per student in the year 2020 with total expenditures reaching $37 million while serving grades pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade across Harrison and Jackson counties (source). During that same year there were 130 chronically truant students—defined as missing five percent or more of mandated school days without valid excuse—representing a rate lower than the statewide average (source).
