South Central Reporter

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.

School	City	Enrollment
Central City Elementary School	Centralia	338
Centralia High School	Centralia	831
Centralia Junior High School	Centralia	591
Franklin Park Middle School	Salem	526
Hawthorn Elementary School	Salem	395
Iuka Community Consolidated School	Iuka	236
Jordan Elementary School	Centralia	220
Kell Grade School	Kell	79
Odin Attendance Center 9-12	Odin	70
Odin Attendance Center K-8	Odin	181
Patoka Elementary School	Patoka	112
Patoka Junior High School	Patoka	47
Patoka Senior High School	Patoka	69
Raccoon Consolidated Elementary School	Centralia	238
Salem Community High School	Salem	715
Sandoval Elementary School	Sandoval	204
Sandoval Junior High School	Sandoval	98
Sandoval Senior High School	Sandoval	115
Selmaville Elementary School	Salem	246
South Central Elementary-Kinmundy School	Kinmundy	286
South Central Middle School	Kinmundy	142