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Bethalto Consolidated Unit School District 8 welcomed 2,347 students in the 2023-24 school year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.

This is a 2% increase over the previous school year.

Civic Memorial High School had the largest enrollment in the district with 747 students.

Bethalto Consolidated Unit School District 8 roughly covers schools within Madison County and has a main office in Bethalto.

In 2022, Illinois had 1,925,415 students enrolled in a total of 3,977 schools. There were 130,467 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 three percent between the 2019-2020 and 2020-2021 school year (60,900 students), far more than the typical 0.5 percent to 1.5 percent annual enrollment declines in Illinois over the last 5 years.

School	Enrollment	Change from Previous Year (%)
Meadowbrook Intermediate School	358	2%
Parkside Primary School	339	3.4%
Wilbur Trimpe Middle School	532	0.2%
Bethalto East Primary School	371	3.9%
Civic Memorial High School	747	1.9%