West Central Reporter

Pike County schools welcomed 2,350 students in the 2022-23 school year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.

This is an increase of 0.2% over the previous school year, when there were 2,346 students enrolled in the county.

Pike County had the 33rd lowest enrollment numbers in the state.

Of all the students welcomed at the time, 52% identified as male, and 48% as female.

Most of the students enrolled in the county were white, representing 95.9% of its student body.

Within Pike County, Pikeland Community School had the highest enrollment in the school year, welcoming 484 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
Griggsville-Perry High School	Griggsville	95
Griggsville-Perry Middle School	Perry	94
Griggsville-Perry Primary School	Griggsville	113
Pikeland Community School	Pittsfield	484
Pittsfield High School	Pittsfield	338
Pittsfield South Elementary School	Pittsfield	330
Pleasant Hill Elementary School	Pleasant Hill	275
Pleasant Hill High School	Pleasant Hill	96
Western Barry Elementary School	Barry	222
Western High School	Barry	138
Western Junior High School	Kinderhook	165