North Egypt News

Jefferson County schools welcomed 5,204 students in the 2023-24 school year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.

This is a decrease of 2.5% from the previous school year, when there were 5,335 students enrolled in the county.

Jefferson County had the 39th highest enrollment numbers in the state.

Of all the students welcomed at the time, 50.2% identified as male, and 49.8% as female.

Most of the students enrolled in the county were white, representing 77.7% of its student body.

Within Jefferson County, Mount Vernon High School had the highest enrollment in the school year, welcoming 1,205 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
Bethel Grade School	Mount Vernon	138
Bluford Grade School	Bluford	247
Dr. Nick Osborne Primary Center	Mount Vernon	567
Farrington Elementary School	Bluford	50
Field Elementary School	Texico	279
Grand Prairie Elementary School	Centralia	88
J.L. Buford Intermediate Education Center	Mount Vernon	280
McClellan Elementary School	Mount Vernon	43
Mount Vernon High School	Mount Vernon	1,205
Opdyke-Belle Rive Grade School	Opdyke	145
Rome Community Consolidated Elementary School	Dix	332
Spring Garden Elementary School	Mount Vernon	133
Spring Garden Middle School	Ina	85
Summersville Grade School	Mount Vernon	279
Waltonville Grade School	Waltonville	220
Waltonville High School	Waltonville	96
Webber High School	Bluford	127
Woodlawn Grade School	Woodlawn	339
Woodlawn High School	Woodlawn	172
Zadok Casey Middle School	Mount Vernon	379