North Egypt News

Franklin County schools welcomed 5,581 students in the 2022-23 school year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.

This is an increase of 0.3% over the previous school year, when there were 5,563 students enrolled in the county.

Franklin County had the 36th highest enrollment numbers in the state.

Of all the students welcomed at the time, 52.9% identified as male, and 47.1% as female.

Most of the students enrolled in the county were white, representing 93.7% of its student body.

Within Franklin County, Benton Grade School K-4 had the highest enrollment in the school year, welcoming 614 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
Akin Community Consolidated Elementary School	Akin	106
Benton Consolidated High School	Benton	565
Benton Grade School 5-8	Benton	452
Benton Grade School K-4	Benton	614
Central Junior High School	West Frankfort	217
Christopher Elementary School	Christopher	478
Christopher High School	Christopher	207
Denning Elementary School	West Frankfort	466
Ewing-Northern Elementary School	Ewing	234
Frankfort Community High School	West Frankfort	422
Frankfort Intermediate School	West Frankfort	418
Sesser-Valier Elementary School	Sesser	279
Sesser-Valier High School	Sesser	188
Sesser-Valier Junior High School	Sesser	131
Thompsonville Grade School	Thompsonville	215
Thompsonville High School	Thompsonville	103
Zeigler-Royalton Elementary School	Zeigler	246
Zeigler-Royalton High School	Zeigler	130
Zeigler-Royalton Junior High School	Zeigler	110