Metro East Sun

Jersey Community High School had the highest enrollment among Jersey County schools, welcoming 972 students during the 2021-22 school year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.

Out of all the students welcomed in the 2021-22 school year, 51.2% of them were boys, and 48.8% were girls.

Data also showed that most of the students were white, representing 94.4% of the student body at Jersey Community High School.

Among the five schools in Jersey County, Jersey Community Middle School ranked second in enrollment with 493 students, while Jerseyville East Elementary School welcomed 426 students to be ranked third in the 2021-22 school year.

Jersey Community High School is a part of Jersey Community Unit School District 100, which generally encompasses schools within Jersey County with its main office in Jerseyville.

In the previous school year, Jersey Community High School had the highest number of students among Jersey County schools.

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	City	Total Enrolment
Jersey Community High School	Jerseyville	972
Jersey Community Middle School	Jerseyville	493
Jerseyville East Elementary School	Jerseyville	426
Jerseyville West Elementary School	Jerseyville	342
Grafton Elementary School	Grafton	179