West Central Reporter

Scott County schools welcomed 766 students in the 2021-22 school year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.

This is a decrease of 4.5% from the previous school year.

Scott County had the eighth lowest enrollment numbers in the state.

According to the data, the student body comprised of 52.3% boys, and 47.7% girls.

Most of the students enrolled in the county were white, representing 97.1% of its student body.

Within Scott County, Winchester Elementary School had the highest enrollment in the school year, welcoming 401 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
Bluffs Elementary School	Bluffs	78
Bluffs High School	Bluffs	60
Bluffs Junior High School	Bluffs	43
Winchester Elementary School	Winchester	401
Winchester High School	Winchester	184