IL Superintendent of Education Tony Sanders (2023) | Institute of Education Sciences
IL Superintendent of Education Tony Sanders (2023) | Institute of Education Sciences
Of all the students welcomed in the 2021-22 school year, 51.3% of them were boys, and 48.7% were girls.
Data also showed that the majority of students were white, making up 79.6% of the Massac County Unit School District #1's total enrollment.
Among the two districts in Massac County, Joppa-Maple Grove Community Unit School District 38 ranked second in enrollment numbers with 216 students.
Massac County Unit School District #1 roughly covers schools within Massac County with its main office in Metropolis.
In the previous school year, Massac County Unit School District #1 also had the highest number of students among Massac County districts.
In 2022, Illinois had 1,925,415 students enrolled in a total of almost 4,000 schools. There were 130,467 teachers in the public schools, or roughly one teacher for every 15 students, compared to the national average of 1:16.
K-12 enrollment has been declining in Illinois for several years, influenced by demographic changes. Between the 2019–2020 and 2020–2021 school years, public and private K-12 enrollment fell by 3% (60,900 students), a significantly larger decline than the typical 0.5% to 1.5% annual decreases seen in the state over the last five years.
| District | City (main office) | Total Enrollment |
|---|---|---|
| Massac County Unit School District #1 | Metropolis | 1,818 |
| Joppa-Maple Grove Community Unit School District 38 | Joppa | 216 |
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