West Central Reporter

Greene County schools welcomed 1,676 students in the 2023-24 school year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.

This is a decrease of 2.4% from the previous school year, when there were 1,717 students enrolled in the county.

Greene County had the 19th lowest enrollment numbers in the state.

Of all the students welcomed at the time, 50.4% identified as male, and 49.6% as female.

Most of the students enrolled in the county were white, representing 95.6% of its student body.

Within Greene County, North Greene Elementary School had the highest enrollment in the school year, welcoming 461 students.

As of the 2023-24 school year, Illinois public schools enrolled approximately 1.85 million students across 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. Between the 2019–20 and 2022–23 school years, Illinois public school enrollment declined from approximately 1.98 million to 1.85 million students, a decrease of about 127,000 students or 6.4%. This decline is significantly higher than the typical annual decreases of 0.5% to 1.5% observed in the preceding years, reflecting broader demographic shifts within the state.

School	City	Enrollment
Carrollton Grade School	Carrollton	277
Carrollton High School	Carrollton	172
Greenfield Elementary School	Greenfield	296
Greenfield High School	Greenfield	115
North Greene Elementary School	Roodhouse	461
North Greene Junior/Senior High School	White Hall	355