Southern Illinois News

Massac County schools welcomed 2,034 students in the 2021-22 school year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.

This is a decrease of 3.8% from the previous school year.

Massac County had the 27th lowest enrollment numbers in the state.

According to the data, the student body comprised of 51.2% boys, and 48.8% girls.

Most of the students enrolled in the county were white, representing 80.3% of its student body.

Within Massac County, Massac County High School had the highest enrollment in the school year, welcoming 531 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
Brookport Elementary School	Brookport	164
Franklin Elementary School	Metropolis	121
Jefferson Elementary School	Metropolis	98
Joppa Junior & Senior High School	Joppa	89
Maple Grove Elementary School	Metropolis	127
Massac County High School	Metropolis	531
Massac Junior High School	Metropolis	275
Metropolis Elementary School	Metropolis	491
Unity Elementary School	Brookport	138