West Central Reporter

Mc Donough County schools welcomed 3,124 students in the 2021-22 school year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.

This is an increase of 2.5% over the previous school year.

Mc Donough County had the 50th lowest enrollment numbers in the state.

According to the data, the student body comprised of 51.2% boys, and 48.8% girls.

Most of the students enrolled in the county were white, representing 80.4% of its student body.

Within Mc Donough County, Macomb Senior High School had the highest enrollment in the school year, welcoming 586 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
Bushnell-Prairie City Elementary School	Bushnell	299
Bushnell-Prairie City High School	Bushnell	196
Bushnell-Prairie City Junior High School	Bushnell	125
Edison Elementary School	Macomb	435
Lincoln Elementary School	Macomb	491
MacArthur Early Childhood Center	Macomb	105
Macomb Junior High School	Macomb	307
Macomb Senior High School	Macomb	586
West Prairie High School	Sciota	157
West Prairie Junior High School	Sciota	81
West Prairie North Elementary School	Good Hope	162
West Prairie South Elementary School	Colchester	180