Metro East Sun

Madison County schools welcomed 34,549 students in the 2023-24 school year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.

This is a decrease of 1.8% from the previous school year, when there were 35,192 students enrolled in the county.

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

Of all the students welcomed at the time, 51.2% identified as male, and 48.8% as female.

Most of the students enrolled in the county were white, representing 69.7% of its student body.

Within Madison County, Edwardsville High School had the highest enrollment in the school year, welcoming 2,332 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
Albert Cassens Elementary	Glen Carbon	482
Alhambra Primary School	Alhambra	168
Alton High School	Alton	1,821
Alton Middle School	Alton	1,193
Bernard Long Elementary School	Madison	339
Bethalto East Primary School	Bethalto	371
C.A. Henning School	Troy	814
Central Intermediate School	Roxana	323
Civic Memorial High School	Bethalto	747
Collinsville Middle School	Collinsville	928
Columbus Elementary School	Edwardsville	364
Coolidge Junior High School	Granite City	819
Dorris Intermediate School	Collinsville	806
East Alton Middle School	East Alton	169
East Alton-Wood River High School	Wood River	500
East Elementary School	Alton	422
Eastwood Elementary School	East Alton	400
Edwardsville High School	Edwardsville	2,332
Eunice Smith Elementary School	Alton	184
Frohardt Elementary School	Granite City	400
Gilson Brown Elementary School	Godfrey	182
Glen Carbon Elementary School	Glen Carbon	343
Goshen Elementary School	Edwardsville	427
Granite City High School	Granite City	1,703
Grantfork Upper Elementary School	Highland	51
Grigsby Intermediate School	Granite City	782
Hamel Elementary School	Hamel	112
Hartford Elementary School	Hartford	159
Highland Elementary School	Highland	517
Highland High School	Highland	837
Highland Middle School	Highland	607
Highland Primary School	Highland	581
Jefferson Elementary School	Collinsville	79
John A. Renfro Elementary School	Collinsville	497
Kreitner Elementary School	Collinsville	377
LeClaire Elementary School	Edwardsville	328
Lewis and Clark Elementary School	Godfrey	247
Lewis-Clark Elementary School	Wood River	231
Lewis-Clark Junior High School	Wood River	170
Liberty Middle School	Edwardsville	898
Lincoln Middle School	Edwardsville	814
Lovejoy Elementary School	Alton	249
Madison Junior High School	Madison	107
Madison Senior High School	Madison	128
Marine Elementary School	Marine	129
Maryville Elementary School	Granite City	385
Maryville Elementary School	Maryville	377
Meadowbrook Intermediate School	Moro	358
Midway School	Moro	109
Mitchell Elementary School	Granite City	400
N.O. Nelson Elementary School	Edwardsville	289
North Elementary School	Godfrey	545
Parkside Primary School	Bethalto	339
Prather Elementary School	Granite City	638
Roxana Junior High School	Roxana	369
Roxana Senior High School	Roxana	493
Silver Creek Elementary School	Troy	695
South Primary School	South Roxana	455
St. Jacob Elementary School	St. Jacob	221
Summit Elementary School	Collinsville	69
Triad High School	Troy	1,177
Triad Middle School	St. Jacob	947
Venice Elementary School	Granite City	84
Webster Elementary School	Collinsville	331
West Elementary School	Alton	449
Wilbur Trimpe Middle School	Bethalto	532
Wilson Elementary School	Granite City	461
Woodland Elementary School	Edwardsville	436
Worden Elementary School	Worden	253