West Central Reporter

Hancock County schools welcomed 2,755 students in the 2022-23 school year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.

This is an increase of 0.1% over the previous school year, when there were 2,752 students enrolled in the county.

Hancock County had the 44th lowest enrollment numbers in the state.

Of all the students welcomed at the time, 51.4% identified as male, and 48.6% as female.

Most of the students enrolled in the county were white, representing 92.5% 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	170
Carthage Primary School	Carthage	259
Dallas City Elementary School	Dallas City	169
Hamilton Elementary School	Hamilton	414
Hamilton High School	Hamilton	159
Illini West High School	Carthage	339
La Harpe Elementary School	La Harpe	199
Nauvoo Elementary School	Nauvoo	201
Southeastern Elementary School	Bowen	247
Southeastern Junior/Senior High School	Augusta	193
Warsaw Elementary School	Warsaw	209
Warsaw Senior High School	Warsaw	196