Metro East Sun

Madison County schools welcomed 37,518 students in the 2021-22 school year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.

This is an increase of 0.9% over the previous school year.

Madison County had the eighth highest enrollment numbers in the state.

According to the data, the student body comprised of 51.6% boys, and 48.4% girls.

Most of the students enrolled in the county were white, representing 70.8% of its student body.

Within Madison County, Edwardsville High School had the highest enrollment in the school year, welcoming 2,310 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
Albert Cassens Elementary	Glen Carbon	463
Alhambra Primary School	Alhambra	159
Alton High School	Alton	1,953
Alton Middle School	Alton	1,283
Bernard Long Elementary School	Madison	361
Bethalto East Primary School	Bethalto	409
C.A. Henning School	Troy	811
Caseyville Elementary School	Caseyville	315
Central Intermediate School	Roxana	364
Civic Memorial High School	Bethalto	753
Collinsville High School	Collinsville	1,921
Collinsville Middle School	Collinsville	935
Columbus Elementary School	Edwardsville	377
Coolidge Junior High School	Granite City	849
Dorris Intermediate School	Collinsville	927
East Alton Middle School	East Alton	194
East Alton-Wood River High School	Wood River	561
East Elementary School	Alton	400
Eastwood Elementary School	East Alton	426
Edwardsville High School	Edwardsville	2,310
Eunice Smith Elementary School	Alton	283
Frohardt Elementary School	Granite City	411
Gilson Brown Elementary School	Godfrey	249
Glen Carbon Elementary School	Glen Carbon	337
Goshen Elementary School	Edwardsville	432
Granite City High School	Granite City	1,813
Grantfork Upper Elementary School	Highland	83
Hamel Elementary School	Hamel	114
Hartford Elementary School	Hartford	157
Highland Elementary School	Highland	507
Highland High School	Highland	904
Highland Middle School	Highland	577
Highland Primary School	Highland	590
Jefferson Elementary School	Collinsville	84
John A. Renfro Elementary School	Collinsville	517
Kreitner Elementary School	Collinsville	358
LeClaire Elementary School	Edwardsville	326
Lewis and Clark Elementary School	Godfrey	329
Lewis-Clark Elementary School	Wood River	239
Lewis-Clark Junior High School	Wood River	198
Liberty Middle School	Edwardsville	951
Lincoln Middle School	Edwardsville	775
Lovejoy Elementary School	Alton	247
Madison Junior High School	Madison	125
Madison Senior High School	Madison	161
Marine Elementary School	Marine	131
Maryville Elementary School	Granite City	389
Maryville Elementary School	Maryville	351
Meadowbrook Intermediate School	Moro	350
Midway School	Moro	125
Mitchell Elementary School	Granite City	391
N.O. Nelson Elementary School	Edwardsville	323
North Elementary School	Godfrey	574
Parkside Primary School	Bethalto	321
Prather Elementary School	Granite City	674
Roxana Junior High School	Roxana	377
Roxana Senior High School	Roxana	515
Silver Creek Elementary School	Troy	728
South Primary School	South Roxana	471
St. Jacob Elementary School	St. Jacob	216
Summit Elementary School	Collinsville	98
Triad High School	Troy	1,211
Triad Middle School	St. Jacob	884
Twin Echo Elementary School	Collinsville	212
Venice Elementary School	Granite City	80
Washington Elementary School	East Alton	119
Webster Elementary School	Collinsville	305
West Elementary School	Alton	432
Wilbur Trimpe Middle School	Bethalto	557
Wilson Elementary School	Granite City	393
Woodland Elementary School	Edwardsville	470
Worden Elementary School	Worden	283