Carbondale Reporter

Jackson County schools welcomed 6,449 students in the 2022-23 school year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.

This is a decrease of 0.4% from the previous school year, when there were 6,475 students enrolled in the county.

Jackson County had the 30th highest enrollment numbers in the state.

Of all the students welcomed at the time, 50.6% identified as male, 49% as female, and 0.4% identified themselves as non-binary or did not specify their gender.

The most represented ethnicity among Jackson County students was white, making up about 57.1% of all the students.

Within Jackson County, Carbondale Community High School had the highest enrollment in the school year, welcoming 938 students.

In 2022, Illinois had almost 2 million students enrolled in nearly 4,000 schools. There was roughly one teacher for every 15 students, slightly better than the national average of 1:16.

K-12 enrollment has been declining in Illinois for many years, reflecting the state's demographic changes. Combined public and private K-12 enrollment dropped 3% between the 2019–20 and 2020–21 school years (60,900 students), far more than the typical 0.5% to 1.5% annual enrollment declines in Illinois over the last five years.

School	City	Enrollment
Carbondale Community High School	Carbondale	938
Carbondale Middle School	Carbondale	429
Carruthers Elementary School	Murphysboro	399
DeSoto Elementary School	De Soto	183
Elverado High School	Elkville	106
Elverado Intermediate School	Vergennes	79
Elverado Junior High School	Vergennes	68
Elverado Primary School	Elkville	109
General John A. Logan Attendence Centre	Murphysboro	393
Giant City Elementary School	Carbondale	233
Lewis School	Carbondale	291
Murphysboro High School	Murphysboro	575
Murphysboro Middle School	Murphysboro	436
Parrish Elementary School	Carbondale	480
Thomas Elementary School	Carbondale	303
Trico Elementary School	Campbell Hill	442
Trico Junior High School	Campbell Hill	162
Trico Senior High School	Campbell Hill	230
Unity Point Elementary School	Carbondale	593