West Central Reporter

McDonough County schools welcomed 3,112 students in the 2022-23 school year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.

This is an increase of 3.1% over the previous school year, when there were 3,019 students enrolled in the county.

McDonough County had the 49th lowest enrollment numbers in the state.

Of all the students welcomed at the time, 51.8% identified as male, and 48.2% as female.

Most of the students enrolled in the county were white, representing 79.4% of its student body.

Within McDonough County, Macomb Senior High School had the highest enrollment in the school year, welcoming 592 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	322
Bushnell-Prairie City High School	Bushnell	187
Bushnell-Prairie City Junior High School	Bushnell	135
Edison Elementary School	Macomb	427
Lincoln Elementary School	Macomb	543
Macomb Junior High School	Macomb	304
Macomb Senior High School	Macomb	592
West Prairie High School	Sciota	157
West Prairie Junior High School	Sciota	96
West Prairie North Elementary School	Good Hope	173
West Prairie South Elementary School	Colchester	176