South Central Reporter

Macoupin County schools welcomed 7,442 students in the 2021-22 school year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.

This is a decrease of 0.7% from the previous school year.

Macoupin County had the 29th highest enrollment numbers in the state.

According to the data, the student body comprised of 52.9% boys, and 47.1% girls.

Most of the students enrolled in the county were white, representing 94% of its student body.

Within Macoupin County, Staunton Elementary School had the highest enrollment in the school year, welcoming 540 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
Ben-Gil Elementary School	Gillespie	534
Brighton North Primary School	Brighton	271
Bunker Hill High School	Bunker Hill	222
Carlinville High School	Carlinville	407
Carlinville Intermediate School	Carlinville	265
Carlinville Middle School	Carlinville	283
Carlinville Primary School	Carlinville	365
Gillespie High School	Gillespie	345
Gillespie Middle School	Gillespie	261
Medora Intermediate School	Medora	183
Mt. Olive Elementary School	Mount Olive	367
Mt. Olive High School	Mount Olive	105
North Mac Elementary School	Virden	320
North Mac High School	Virden	370
North Mac Intermediate School	Girard	215
North Mac Middle School	Girard	261
Northwestern Elementary School	Palmyra	193
Northwestern High School	Palmyra	90
Northwestern Junior High School	Palmyra	43
Shipman Elementary School	Shipman	181
Southwestern High School	Piasa	382
Southwestern Middle School	Piasa	209
Staunton Elementary School	Staunton	540
Staunton High School	Staunton	388
Staunton Junior High School	Staunton	285
Wolf Ridge Education Center	Bunker Hill	357