East Central Reporter

Crawford County schools welcomed 2,744 students in the 2021-22 school year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.

This is an increase of less than 0.1% over the previous school year.

Crawford County had the 46th lowest enrollment numbers in the state.

According to the data, the student body comprised of 51.7% boys, and 48.3% girls.

Most of the students enrolled in the county were white, representing 93.1% of its student body.

Within Crawford County, Robinson High School had the highest enrollment in the school year, welcoming 462 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
Hutsonville Elementary And Junior High School	Hutsonville	211
Hutsonville High School	Hutsonville	103
Lincoln Elementary School	Robinson	347
Nuttall Middle School	Robinson	341
Oblong Elementary School	Oblong	395
Oblong High School	Oblong	183
Palestine Grade School	Palestine	219
Palestine High School	Palestine	85
Robinson High School	Robinson	462
Washington Elementary School	Robinson	398