Gen John A Logan Attendance Cntr

Set in Murphysboro, Illinois, Gen John A Logan Attendance Cntr is a reasonably sized elementary-level community, one of the schools within Murphysboro CUSD 186. It hosts 400 students across grades K through 2.

Within Murphysboro CUSD 186, which oversees 5 schools and 1,877 students, Gen John A Logan Attendance Cntr is one campus in the system.

Demographically, Gen John A Logan Attendance Cntr logs that the largest single group is White, at 62% of enrollment. Other groups include 18% Black, 12% multiracial, 8% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 73% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully less White than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Gen John A Logan Attendance Cntr reports 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.9:1, putting Gen John A Logan Attendance Cntr tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 95% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is noticeably above Jackson County's rate of about 73%.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Jackson County) reports that median household income runs about $48,763, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. In all, Jackson County runs 32 public schools (combined enrollment of about 6,811 students), of which Gen John A Logan Attendance Cntr is one.

Carruthers Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 2.3 miles from this campus. 5 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies a low-density site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 4%: 417 students in 2018 compared to 400 in 2025. The White share of enrollment fell from 69% to 62% over that span. Class-load math has narrowed: from 13.5:1 in 2018 to 11.8:1 in 2025.

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