West Central Reporter

Hancock County schools welcomed 2,697 students in the 2023-24 school year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.

This is a decrease of 2.1% from the previous school year, when there were 2,755 students enrolled in the county.

Hancock County had the 45th lowest enrollment numbers in the state.

Of all the students welcomed at the time, 50.9% identified as male, and 49.1% 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 400 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
Carthage Middle School	Carthage	176
Carthage Primary School	Carthage	260
Dallas City Elementary School	Dallas City	166
Hamilton Elementary School	Hamilton	400
Hamilton High School	Hamilton	173
Illini West High School	Carthage	330
La Harpe Elementary School	La Harpe	187
Nauvoo Elementary School	Nauvoo	190
Southeastern Elementary School	Bowen	261
Southeastern Junior/Senior High School	Augusta	179
Warsaw Elementary School	Warsaw	207
Warsaw Senior High School	Warsaw	168