East Central Reporter

Clay County schools welcomed 2,162 students in the 2021-22 school year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.

This is a decrease of 1.5% from the previous school year.

Clay County had the 29th lowest enrollment numbers in the state.

According to the data, the student body comprised of 50.1% boys, and 49.9% girls.

Most of the students enrolled in the county were white, representing 94.8% of its student body.

Within Clay County, Flora Elementary School had the highest enrollment in the school year, welcoming 650 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
Clay City Elementary School	Clay City	163
Clay City High School	Clay City	74
Clay City Junior High School	Clay City	60
Flora Elementary School	Flora	650
Flora High School	Flora	353
Floyd Henson Junior High School	Flora	290
North Clay Community High School	Louisville	190
North Clay Elementary/Junior High School	Louisville	382