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Jersey County schools welcomed 2,398 students in the 2023-24 school year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.

This is a decrease of 0.6% from the previous school year, when there were 2,413 students enrolled in the county.

Jersey County had the 37th lowest enrollment numbers in the state.

Of all the students welcomed at the time, 50.5% identified as male, and 49.5% as female.

Most of the students enrolled in the county were white, representing 92.6% of its student body.

Within Jersey County, Jersey Community High School had the highest enrollment in the school year, welcoming 960 students.

As of the 2023-24 school year, Illinois public schools enrolled approximately 1.85 million students across 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. Between the 2019–20 and 2022–23 school years, Illinois public school enrollment declined from approximately 1.98 million to 1.85 million students, a decrease of about 127,000 students or 6.4%. This decline is significantly higher than the typical annual decreases of 0.5% to 1.5% observed in the preceding years, reflecting broader demographic shifts within the state.

School	City	Enrollment
Grafton Elementary School	Grafton	193
Jersey Community High School	Jerseyville	960
Jersey Community Middle School	Jerseyville	487
Jerseyville East Elementary School	Jerseyville	389
Jerseyville West Elementary School	Jerseyville	369