Effingham Community Unit School District 40 welcomed 2,196 students in the 2024-25 school year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.
This represents a 0.1% increase over the previous school year.
Effingham High School had the largest enrollment in the district with 672 students.
Effingham Community Unit School District 40 roughly covers schools within Effingham County and has a main office in Effingham.
In 2022, Illinois had 1,925,415 students enrolled in a total of 3,977 schools. There were 130,467 teachers in the public schools, or roughly one teacher for every 15 students, compared to the national average of 1:16.
K-12 enrollment has been declining in Illinois for many years, reflecting demographic changes. Combined public and private K-12 enrollment dropped three percent between the 2019-2020 and 2020-2021 school year (60,900 students), far more than the typical 0.5 percent to 1.5 percent annual enrollment declines in Illinois over the last 5 years.
| School | Enrollment | Change from Previous Year (%) |
|---|---|---|
| Central Grade School | 541 | 8.9% |
| Effingham High School | 672 | -2% |
| South Side Grade School | 245 | -10.9% |
| Early Learning Center | 173 | 22.7% |
| Effingham Junior High School | 445 | -5.9% |
Information in this article was obtained from the Illinois State Board of Education. The source data can be found here.
