Southern Illinois News

Massac County schools welcomed 2,039 students in the 2023-24 school year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.

This is a decrease of 7.1% from the previous school year, when there were 2,196 students enrolled in the county.

Massac County had the 31st lowest enrollment numbers in the state.

Of all the students welcomed at the time, 50.5% identified as male, and 49.5% as female.

Most of the students enrolled in the county were white, representing 80.4% of its student body.

Within Massac County, Massac County High School had the highest enrollment in the school year, welcoming 517 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
Brookport Elementary School	Brookport	159
Franklin Elementary School	Metropolis	145
Jefferson Elementary School	Metropolis	122
Joppa Junior & Senior High School	Joppa	85
Maple Grove Elementary School	Metropolis	114
Massac County High School	Metropolis	517
Massac Junior High School	Metropolis	285
Metropolis Elementary School	Metropolis	481
Unity Elementary School	Brookport	131