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How many students were enrolled in Marion County in 2022-23 school year?

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Tony Sanders State Superintendent of Education | Official Website

Tony Sanders State Superintendent of Education | Official Website

Marion County schools welcomed 5,739 students in the 2022-23 school year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.

This is an increase of 0.8% over the previous school year, when there were 5,696 students enrolled in the county.

Marion County had the 34th highest enrollment numbers in the state.

Of all the students welcomed at the time, 50.6% identified as male, and 49.4% as female.

Most of the students enrolled in the county were white, representing 84.8% of its student body.

Within Marion County, Centralia High School had the highest enrollment in the school year, welcoming 831 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.

Enrollment in Marion County Schools Over 7 Years

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Enrollment of Marion County County Schools in 2022-23 School Year

SchoolCityEnrollment
Central City Elementary SchoolCentralia338
Centralia High SchoolCentralia831
Centralia Junior High SchoolCentralia591
Franklin Park Middle SchoolSalem526
Hawthorn Elementary SchoolSalem395
Iuka Community Consolidated SchoolIuka236
Jordan Elementary SchoolCentralia220
Kell Grade SchoolKell79
Odin Attendance Center 9-12Odin70
Odin Attendance Center K-8Odin181
Patoka Elementary SchoolPatoka112
Patoka Junior High SchoolPatoka47
Patoka Senior High SchoolPatoka69
Raccoon Consolidated Elementary SchoolCentralia238
Salem Community High SchoolSalem715
Sandoval Elementary SchoolSandoval204
Sandoval Junior High SchoolSandoval98
Sandoval Senior High SchoolSandoval115
Selmaville Elementary SchoolSalem246
South Central Elementary-Kinmundy SchoolKinmundy286
South Central Middle SchoolKinmundy142

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