Metro East Sun

The majority of students in Jersey County schools were white in the 2022-23 school year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.

Of the 2,413 students attending Jersey County schools, 93.3% were white. multiracial students were the second largest ethnicity, making up 2.1% of Jersey County students.

In the previous school year, white students were also the most common group in Jersey County, representing 93.7% of the student body.

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

In the 2022-23 school year, the total number of students enrolled in public schools in the county increased by less than 0.1% 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.

Illinois has increased its state funding for public schools by $350 million, bringing the total to $8.6 billion for the upcoming year. This is in line with a 2017 law aiming to provide adequate funding to all schools by 2027.

However, experts suggest that this goal may be delayed unless education funding jumps to at least $550 million. According to a Center for Tax and Budget Accountability report, there’s currently a funding gap of about $2.3 billion.

School name	Most prevalent ethnicity	Percent of Total Student Body	Total Enrollment
Grafton Elementary School	White	91.4%	174
Jersey Community High School	White	93.6%	987
Jersey Community Middle School	White	93.6%	499
Jerseyville East Elementary School	White	92.2%	384
Jerseyville West Elementary School	White	94.3%	369