East Central Reporter

Moultrie County schools welcomed 1,636 students in the 2021-22 school year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.

This is an increase of 0.8% over the previous school year.

Moultrie County had the 20th lowest enrollment numbers in the state.

According to the data, the student body comprised of 51% boys, and 49% girls.

Most of the students enrolled in the county were white, representing 93.8% of its student body.

Within Moultrie County, Sullivan Elementary School had the highest enrollment in the school year, welcoming 507 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
Okaw Valley Elementary School	Bethany	186
Okaw Valley High School	Bethany	176
Okaw Valley Middle School	Findlay	119
Sullivan Elementary School	Sullivan	507
Sullivan High School	Sullivan	331
Sullivan Middle School	Sullivan	317