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How many students were enrolled in Franklin County in 2022-23 school year?

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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.

Enrollment in Franklin County Schools Over 7 Years

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Enrollment of Franklin County County Schools in 2022-23 School Year

SchoolCityEnrollment
Akin Community Consolidated Elementary SchoolAkin106
Benton Consolidated High SchoolBenton565
Benton Grade School 5-8Benton452
Benton Grade School K-4Benton614
Central Junior High SchoolWest Frankfort217
Christopher Elementary SchoolChristopher478
Christopher High SchoolChristopher207
Denning Elementary SchoolWest Frankfort466
Ewing-Northern Elementary SchoolEwing234
Frankfort Community High SchoolWest Frankfort422
Frankfort Intermediate SchoolWest Frankfort418
Sesser-Valier Elementary SchoolSesser279
Sesser-Valier High SchoolSesser188
Sesser-Valier Junior High SchoolSesser131
Thompsonville Grade SchoolThompsonville215
Thompsonville High SchoolThompsonville103
Zeigler-Royalton Elementary SchoolZeigler246
Zeigler-Royalton High SchoolZeigler130
Zeigler-Royalton Junior High SchoolZeigler110

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