West Central Reporter

Greene County schools welcomed 1,717 students in the 2022-23 school year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.

This is an increase of 0.3% over the previous school year, when there were 1,712 students enrolled in the county.

Greene County had the 20th lowest enrollment numbers in the state.

Of all the students welcomed at the time, 50.1% identified as male, and 49.9% as female.

Most of the students enrolled in the county were white, representing 95.7% of its student body.

Within Greene County, North Greene Elementary School had the highest enrollment in the school year, welcoming 460 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	304
Carrollton High School	Carrollton	174
Greenfield Elementary School	Greenfield	310
Greenfield High School	Greenfield	117
North Greene Elementary School	Roodhouse	460
North Greene Junior/Senior High School	White Hall	352