Carbondale Reporter

Murphysboro High School has shared updates on its athletic achievements through a series of social media posts dated April 10, 2025. These tweets provide information about recent victories and individual accomplishments of the school's teams and athletes.

In a post on April 10, 2025, Murphysboro High School celebrated the Red Devils' achievement of six consecutive victories. The report from the DuQuoin game highlighted the scoring prowess of players such as Izzy, who scored three goals, Genoa with two goals, and individual goals by Callie, Aubri, Cama, and Norah, who registered her first career varsity goal. Assists were provided by Genoa with three, Alyvia with two, and contributions from Brynn and Callie.

Another post on April 10, 2025, shared a link without further details, directing followers to additional content related to the school's activities or achievements.

The school also extended its congratulations through a tweet on April 10, 2025, to an individual named Madison, though specifics of the achievement were not provided in the tweet itself.

Murphysboro Community Unit School District 186, which includes Murphysboro High School, serves Jackson County. This district spent $19,142 per student in 2020, with a total expenditure of $37,270,039. It represents various schools such as Carruthers Elementary School, General John A. Logan Attendance Centre, McElvain School, and Murphysboro Middle School. The district, comprising a demographic of 69 percent White, 15.9 percent Black, 7.1 percent Hispanic, and 0.1 percent Asian, employed 147 teachers with an average salary of $53,770.

Murphysboro Community Unit School District 186 also noted a chronic truancy rate of 6.7 percent during the 2020 school year, lower than the statewide average of 9.6 percent.