South Central Reporter

Macoupin County schools welcomed 7,929 students in the 2022-23 school year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.

This is a decrease of 1.1% from the previous school year, when there were 8,021 students enrolled in the county.

Macoupin County had the 28th highest enrollment numbers in the state.

Of all the students welcomed at the time, 53.1% identified as male, and 46.9% as female.

Most of the students enrolled in the county were white, representing 93.8% of its student body.

Within Macoupin County, Ben-Gil Elementary School had the highest enrollment in the school year, welcoming 557 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	557
Brighton North Primary School	Brighton	305
Bunker Hill High School	Bunker Hill	211
Bunker Hill High School	Bunker Hill	211
Carlinville High School	Carlinville	386
Carlinville Intermediate School	Carlinville	258
Carlinville Middle School	Carlinville	281
Carlinville Primary School	Carlinville	382
Gillespie High School	Gillespie	343
Gillespie Middle School	Gillespie	239
Medora Intermediate School	Medora	174
Mt. Olive Elementary School	Mount Olive	366
Mt. Olive High School	Mount Olive	120
North Mac Elementary School	Virden	347
North Mac High School	Virden	375
North Mac Intermediate School	Girard	212
North Mac Middle School	Girard	230
Northwestern Elementary School	Palmyra	174
Northwestern High School	Palmyra	84
Northwestern Junior High School	Palmyra	53
Shipman Elementary School	Shipman	169
Southwestern High School	Piasa	363
Southwestern Middle School	Piasa	188
Staunton Elementary School	Staunton	535
Staunton High School	Staunton	402
Staunton Junior High School	Staunton	250
Wolf Ridge Education Center	Bunker Hill	357
Wolf Ridge Education Center	Bunker Hill	357