Carbondale Reporter

Murphysboro High School shared a series of posts on its official X account in mid-October 2025, providing updates and information relevant to its community.

On October 14, 2025, Murphysboro High School posted a link to https://t.co/vW8jAfe2kl. Later that day, another post was made linking to https://t.co/Lv81n2wqG2. The following morning, on October 15, 2025, the school shared a third update at https://t.co/yx7G5HA958.

Murphysboro High School is part of the 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 serves Jackson County and provides education to a diverse student body. According to the Illinois State Board of Education, the district employs 147 teachers with an average salary of $53,770, and nearly three-quarters of the teaching staff are women. The district reports no teachers with more than ten absences in a school year. Demographically, the student population is 69 percent White, 15.9 percent Black, 7.1 percent Hispanic, and 0.1 percent Asian. In 2020, the district spent $19,142 per student, totaling $37,270,039 in expenditures ([source](https://www.illinoisreportcard.com/)).