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Which Shelby County school had biggest enrollment in 2021-22 school year

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Windsor Junior and Senior High School Principal Mr. Bart Wiedman (2023) | Windsor Junior and Senior High School

Windsor Junior and Senior High School Principal Mr. Bart Wiedman (2023) | Windsor Junior and Senior High School

Moulton Elementary School had the highest enrollment among Shelby County schools, welcoming 415 students during the 2021-22 school year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.

Out of all the students welcomed in the 2021-22 school year, 51.3% of them were boys, and 48.7% were girls.

Data also showed that most of the students were white, representing 94.7% of the student body at Moulton Elementary School.

Among the 14 schools in Shelby County, Shelbyville High School ranked second in enrollment with 351 students, while Main Street Elementary School welcomed 349 students to be ranked third in the 2021-22 school year.

Moulton Elementary School is a part of Shelbyville Community Unit School District 4, which generally encompasses schools within Shelby County with its main office in Shelbyville.

In the previous school year, Moulton Elementary School had the highest number of students among Shelby County schools.

In the 2021-22 school year, Illinois had roughly 1.9 million students enrolled across approximately schools. There were more than 130,000 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 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 5 years.

Enrollment in Shelby County Over 4 Years
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Demographics in Shelby County Schools During 2021-22 School Year
School nameCityTotal Enrolment
Moulton Elementary SchoolShelbyville415
Shelbyville High SchoolShelbyville351
Main Street Elementary SchoolShelbyville349
Stewardson-Strasburg Elementary SchoolStrasburg279
Central A&M High SchoolMoweaqua223
Windsor Elementary SchoolWindsor207
Gregory Intermediate SchoolMoweaqua188
Cowden-Herrick Junior/Senior High SchoolCowden159
Central A&M Middle SchoolAssumption146
Cowden-Herrick Grade SchoolHerrick139
Bond Primary SchoolAssumption133
Windsor Junior and Senior High SchoolWindsor132
Stewardson-Strasburg High SchoolStrasburg122
Shelbyville Kindergarten CenterShelbyville97

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