East Central Reporter

Cumberland County schools welcomed 1,471 students in the 2021-22 school year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.

This is a decrease of 1.4% from the previous school year.

Cumberland County had the 18th lowest enrollment numbers in the state.

According to the data, the student body comprised of 51.2% boys, and 48.8% girls.

Most of the students enrolled in the county were white, representing 95.1% of its student body.

Within Cumberland County, Cumberland Elementary School had the highest enrollment in the school year, welcoming 410 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
Cumberland Elementary School	Toledo	410
Cumberland High School	Toledo	287
Cumberland Middle School	Toledo	291
Neoga Elementary School	Neoga	206
Neoga Junior/Senior High School	Neoga	277