Carbondale Reporter

Elverado Community Unit School District 196 welcomed 351 students in the 2023-24 school year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.

This is a 3% decrease from the previous school year.

Elverado High School had the largest enrollment in the district with 108 students.

Elverado Community Unit School District 196 roughly covers schools within Jackson County and has a main office in Elkville.

In 2022, Illinois had 1,925,415 students enrolled in a total of 3,977 schools. There were 130,467 teachers in the public schools, or roughly one teacher for every 15 students, compared to the national average of 1:16.

K-12 enrollment has been declining in Illinois for many years, reflecting demographic changes. Combined public and private K-12 enrollment dropped three percent between the 2019-2020 and 2020-2021 school year (60,900 students), far more than the typical 0.5 percent to 1.5 percent annual enrollment declines in Illinois over the last 5 years.

School	Enrollment	Change from Previous Year (%)
Elverado Primary School	106	-2.8%
Elverado High School	108	1.9%
Elverado Intermediate School	70	-11.4%
Elverado Junior High School	67	-1.5%