West Central Reporter

Schuyler County schools welcomed 923 students in the 2022-23 school year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.

This is a decrease of 0.4% from the previous school year, when there were 927 students enrolled in the county.

Schuyler County had the 13th lowest enrollment numbers in the state.

Of all the students welcomed at the time, 52.3% identified as female, and 47.7% as male.

Most of the students enrolled in the county were white, representing 89.3% of its student body.

Within Schuyler County, Rushville-Industry High School had the highest enrollment in the school year, welcoming 276 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
Rushville-Industry High School	Rushville	276
Schuyler Industry Middle School	Rushville	268
Washington Elementary School	Rushville	205
Webster Elementary School	Rushville	174