Carbondale Reporter

Murphysboro High School shared several updates on its official X (formerly Twitter) account on October 10, 2025. The posts included links to content presumably related to school activities or announcements.

At 12:41 p.m. UTC, Murphysboro High School posted a tweet available at https://t.co/t1mYpEumQF.

Later in the day, at 2:11 p.m. UTC, the school posted another update: https://t.co/tp4ClK5lbA.

A subsequent post was made at 2:16 p.m. UTC, linking to additional content at https://t.co/OY0THkXbJQ.

Murphysboro High School is part of Murphysboro Community Unit School District 186, which also includes Carruthers Elementary School, General John A. Logan Attendance Centre, McElvain School, and Murphysboro Middle School. The district represents Jackson County and is detailed in public education reports from the Illinois State Board of Education (source). According to state data, the district employs 147 teachers with an average salary of $53,770. Of these educators, approximately 75 percent are women and about 25 percent are men. Notably, no teacher in the district has recorded more than ten absences in a school year (source).

Demographically, Murphysboro Community Unit School District 186 is composed of about 69 percent White students, nearly 16 percent Black students, just over 7 percent Hispanic students, and a small percentage of Asian students (source). In fiscal year 2020, the district spent $19,142 per student for a total expenditure of $37,270,039 (source).