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Jefferson County schools welcomed 5,488 students in the 2021-22 school year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.

This is a decrease of 0.2% from the previous school year.

Jefferson County had the 38th highest enrollment numbers in the state.

According to the data, the student body comprised of 50.3% boys, and 49.7% girls.

Most of the students enrolled in the county were white, representing 76.7% of its student body.

Within Jefferson County, Mount Vernon High School had the highest enrollment in the school year, welcoming 1,164 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
Bethel Grade School	Mount Vernon	154
Bluford Grade School	Bluford	261
Dr. Andy Hall Early Education Center	Mount Vernon	247
Dr. Nick Osborne Primary Center	Mount Vernon	627
Farrington Elementary School	Bluford	52
Field Elementary School	Texico	246
Grand Prairie Elementary School	Centralia	88
J.L. Buford Intermediate Education Center	Mount Vernon	255
McClellan Elementary School	Mount Vernon	57
Mount Vernon High School	Mount Vernon	1,164
Opdyke-Belle Rive Grade School	Opdyke	140
Rome Community Consolidated Elementary School	Dix	366
Spring Garden Elementary School	Mount Vernon	131
Spring Garden Middle School	Ina	98
Summersville Grade School	Mount Vernon	280
Waltonville Grade School	Waltonville	199
Waltonville High School	Waltonville	93
Webber High School	Bluford	113
Woodlawn Grade School	Woodlawn	315
Woodlawn High School	Woodlawn	177
Zadok Casey Middle School	Mount Vernon	425