East Central Reporter

Clark County schools welcomed 2,372 students in the 2021-22 school year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.

This is a decrease of 1.2% from the previous school year.

Clark County had the 37th lowest enrollment numbers in the state.

According to the data, the student body comprised of 51.6% boys, and 48.4% girls.

Most of the students enrolled in the county were white, representing 94.7% of its student body.

Within Clark County, Monroe Elementary School had the highest enrollment in the school year, welcoming 486 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
Casey-Westfield Junior/Senior High School	Casey	354
Marshall High School	Marshall	340
Marshall Junior High School	Marshall	176
Martinsville Elementary School	Martinsville	214
Martinsville Junior-Senior High School	Martinsville	134
Monroe Elementary School	Casey	486
North Elementary School	Marshall	391
South Elementary School	Marshall	277