North Egypt News

Jefferson County schools welcomed 5,335 students in the 2022-23 school year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.

This is an increase of 1.8% over the previous school year, when there were 5,241 students enrolled in the county.

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

Most of the students enrolled in the county were white, representing 77.5% of its student body.

Within Jefferson County, Mount Vernon High School had the highest enrollment in the school year, welcoming 1,177 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	156
Bluford Grade School	Bluford	261
Dr. Nick Osborne Primary Center	Mount Vernon	600
Farrington Elementary School	Bluford	49
Field Elementary School	Texico	274
Grand Prairie Elementary School	Centralia	83
J.L. Buford Intermediate Education Center	Mount Vernon	278
McClellan Elementary School	Mount Vernon	65
Mount Vernon High School	Mount Vernon	1,177
Opdyke-Belle Rive Grade School	Opdyke	159
Rome Community Consolidated Elementary School	Dix	349
Spring Garden Elementary School	Mount Vernon	151
Spring Garden Middle School	Ina	85
Summersville Grade School	Mount Vernon	305
Waltonville Grade School	Waltonville	228
Waltonville High School	Waltonville	83
Webber High School	Bluford	123
Woodlawn Grade School	Woodlawn	337
Woodlawn High School	Woodlawn	172
Zadok Casey Middle School	Mount Vernon	400