North Egypt News

Franklin County schools welcomed 5,503 students in the 2023-24 school year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.

This is a decrease of 1.4% from the previous school year, when there were 5,581 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 93.5% of its student body.

Within Franklin County, Benton Grade School K-4 had the highest enrollment in the school year, welcoming 596 students.

As of the 2023-24 school year, Illinois public schools enrolled approximately 1.85 million students across 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. Between the 2019–20 and 2022–23 school years, Illinois public school enrollment declined from approximately 1.98 million to 1.85 million students, a decrease of about 127,000 students or 6.4%. This decline is significantly higher than the typical annual decreases of 0.5% to 1.5% observed in the preceding years, reflecting broader demographic shifts within the state.

School	City	Enrollment
Akin Community Consolidated Elementary School	Akin	111
Benton Consolidated High School	Benton	588
Benton Grade School 5-8	Benton	426
Benton Grade School K-4	Benton	596
Central Junior High School	West Frankfort	216
Christopher Elementary School	Christopher	502
Christopher High School	Christopher	194
Denning Elementary School	West Frankfort	470
Ewing-Northern Elementary School	Ewing	233
Frankfort Community High School	West Frankfort	398
Frankfort Intermediate School	West Frankfort	419
Sesser-Valier Elementary School	Sesser	266
Sesser-Valier High School	Sesser	176
Sesser-Valier Junior High School	Sesser	131
Thompsonville Grade School	Thompsonville	210
Thompsonville High School	Thompsonville	88
Zeigler-Royalton Elementary School	Zeigler	247
Zeigler-Royalton High School	Zeigler	130
Zeigler-Royalton Junior High School	Zeigler	102