South Central Reporter

Macoupin County schools welcomed 7,210 students in the 2023-24 school year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.

This is a decrease of 9.1% from the previous school year, when there were 7,929 students enrolled in the county.

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

Of all the students welcomed at the time, 52.4% identified as male, and 47.6% as female.

Most of the students enrolled in the county were white, representing 93.7% of its student body.

Within Macoupin County, Ben-Gil Elementary School had the highest enrollment in the school year, welcoming 538 students.

As of the 2023-24 school year, Illinois public schools enrolled approximately 1.85 million students across 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. Between the 2019–20 and 2022–23 school years, Illinois public school enrollment declined from approximately 1.98 million to 1.85 million students, a decrease of about 127,000 students or 6.4%. This decline is significantly higher than the typical annual decreases of 0.5% to 1.5% observed in the preceding years, reflecting broader demographic shifts within the state.

School	City	Enrollment
Ben-Gil Elementary School	Gillespie	538
Brighton North Primary School	Brighton	286
Bunker Hill High School	Bunker Hill	206
Carlinville High School	Carlinville	354
Carlinville Intermediate School	Carlinville	264
Carlinville Middle School	Carlinville	279
Carlinville Primary School	Carlinville	386
Gillespie High School	Gillespie	327
Gillespie Middle School	Gillespie	259
Medora Intermediate School	Medora	164
Mt. Olive Elementary School	Mount Olive	356
Mt. Olive High School	Mount Olive	129
North Mac Elementary School	Virden	343
North Mac High School	Virden	353
North Mac Intermediate School	Girard	201
North Mac Middle School	Girard	236
Northwestern Elementary School	Palmyra	181
Northwestern High School	Palmyra	82
Northwestern Junior High School	Palmyra	52
Shipman Elementary School	Shipman	159
Southwestern High School	Piasa	372
Southwestern Middle School	Piasa	173
Staunton Elementary School	Staunton	529
Staunton High School	Staunton	396
Staunton Junior High School	Staunton	235
Wolf Ridge Education Center	Bunker Hill	350