West Central Reporter

Greene County schools welcomed 1,712 students in the 2021-22 school year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.

This is a decrease of 0.5% from the previous school year.

Greene County had the 22nd lowest enrollment numbers in the state.

According to the data, the student body comprised of 50.4% girls, and 49.6% boys.

Most of the students enrolled in the county were white, representing 95.5% of its student body.

Within Greene County, North Greene Elementary School had the highest enrollment in the school year, welcoming 454 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
Carrollton Grade School	Carrollton	303
Carrollton High School	Carrollton	186
Greenfield Elementary School	Greenfield	276
Greenfield High School	Greenfield	127
North Greene Elementary School	Roodhouse	454
North Greene Junior/Senior High School	White Hall	366