West Central Reporter

Hancock County schools welcomed 2,752 students in the 2021-22 school year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.

This is an increase of 2.4% over the previous school year.

Hancock County had the 47th lowest enrollment numbers in the state.

According to the data, the student body comprised of 51.5% boys, and 48.5% girls.

Most of the students enrolled in the county were white, representing 93.3% of its student body.

Within Hancock County, Hamilton Elementary School had the highest enrollment in the school year, welcoming 414 students.

In 2022, Illinois had almost 2 million students enrolled in 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. Combined public and private K-12 enrollment dropped 3% between the 2019–20 and 2020–21 school years (60,900 students), far more than the typical 0.5% to 1.5% annual enrollment declines in Illinois over the last five years.

School	City	Enrollment
Carthage Middle School	Carthage	142
Carthage Primary School	Carthage	286
Dallas City Elementary School	Dallas City	178
Hamilton Elementary School	Hamilton	414
Hamilton High School	Hamilton	137
Illini West High School	Carthage	337
La Harpe Elementary School	La Harpe	133
La Harpe Junior High School	La Harpe	60
Nauvoo Elementary School	Nauvoo	195
Southeastern Elementary School	Bowen	260
Southeastern Junior/Senior High School	Augusta	197
Warsaw Elementary School	Warsaw	199
Warsaw Senior High School	Warsaw	214