East Central Reporter

Edgar County schools welcomed 2,650 students in the 2021-22 school year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.

This is a decrease of 1.2% from the previous school year.

Edgar County had the 45th 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 94.7% of its student body.

Within Edgar County, Paris Cooperative High School had the highest enrollment in the school year, welcoming 514 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
Carolyn Wenz Elementary School	Paris	223
Chrisman Elementary School	Chrisman	120
Chrisman High School	Chrisman	105
Chrisman-Scottland Junior High School	Chrisman	76
Creative Center for Children	Paris	73
Crestwood Elementary School	Paris	299
Crestwood Junior High School	Paris	127
Kansas Elementary School	Kansas	100
Kansas High School	Kansas	75
Mayo Middle School	Paris	288
Memorial Elementary School	Paris	297
Paris Cooperative High School	Paris	514
Shiloh Elementary School	Hume	159
Shiloh High School	Hume	194