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2022-23 school year saw 2,755 students enrolled in Hancock County

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Steven Isoye State Board of Education Chairperson | linkedin.com

Steven Isoye State Board of Education Chairperson | linkedin.com

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.

Enrollment in Hancock County Schools Over 7 Years

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Enrollment of Hancock County County Schools in 2022-23 School Year

SchoolCityEnrollment
Carthage Middle SchoolCarthage170
Carthage Primary SchoolCarthage259
Dallas City Elementary SchoolDallas City169
Hamilton Elementary SchoolHamilton414
Hamilton High SchoolHamilton159
Illini West High SchoolCarthage339
La Harpe Elementary SchoolLa Harpe199
Nauvoo Elementary SchoolNauvoo201
Southeastern Elementary SchoolBowen247
Southeastern Junior/Senior High SchoolAugusta193
Warsaw Elementary SchoolWarsaw209
Warsaw Senior High SchoolWarsaw196

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