South Central Reporter

Marion County schools welcomed 6,172 students in the 2021-22 school year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.

This is a decrease of 1% from the previous school year.

Marion County had the 32nd highest enrollment numbers in the state.

According to the data, the student body comprised of 51.1% boys, and 48.9% girls.

Most of the students enrolled in the county were white, representing 84.3% of its student body.

Within Marion County, Centralia High School had the highest enrollment in the school year, welcoming 849 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
Central City Elementary School	Centralia	360
Centralia High School	Centralia	849
Centralia Junior High School	Centralia	629
Franklin Park Middle School	Salem	521
Hawthorn Elementary School	Salem	392
Iuka Community Consolidated School	Iuka	220
Jordan Elementary School	Centralia	231
Kell Grade School	Kell	65
Odin Attendance Center 9-12	Odin	77
Odin Attendance Center K-8	Odin	160
Patoka Elementary School	Patoka	120
Patoka Junior High School	Patoka	35
Patoka Senior High School	Patoka	66
Raccoon Consolidated Elementary School	Centralia	230
Salem Community High School	Salem	691
Sandoval Elementary School	Sandoval	201
Sandoval Junior High School	Sandoval	101
Sandoval Senior High School	Sandoval	108
Schiller Elementary School	Centralia	260
Selmaville Elementary School	Salem	244
South Central Elementary-Kinmundy School	Kinmundy	263
South Central High School	Farina	216
South Central Middle School	Kinmundy	133