Metro East Sun

The majority of students in Jersey County schools were white in the 2021-22 school year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.

Of the 2,412 students attending Jersey County schools, 93.7% were white. multiracial students were the second largest ethnicity, making up 1.9% of Jersey County students.

In the previous school year, white students were the most common group in Jersey County, representing 94.2% of the student body.

Jersey Community High School and Jersey Community Middle School had the most diverse student body in Jersey County, including Hispanic, multiracial, and white.

In the 2021-22 school year, the total number of students enrolled in public schools in the county dropped 0.9% when compared to the previous year.

In the 2021-22 school year, Illinois had roughly 1.9 million students enrolled across approximately schools. There were more than 130,000 teachers in the public schools, or roughly one teacher for every 15 students, compared to the national average of 1:16.

K-12 enrollment has been declining in Illinois for many years, reflecting 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 5 years.

School name	Most prevalent ethnicity	Percent of Total Student Body	Total Enrolment
Grafton Elementary School	White	93.3%	179
Jersey Community High School	White	94.4%	972
Jersey Community Middle School	White	93.5%	493
Jerseyville East Elementary School	White	93.9%	426
Jerseyville West Elementary School	White	91.5%	342