East Central Reporter

Clark County schools welcomed 2,444 students in the 2022-23 school year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.

This is an increase of 3% over the previous school year, when there were 2,372 students enrolled in the county.

Clark County had the 37th lowest enrollment numbers in the state.

Of all the students welcomed at the time, 51.2% identified as male, and 48.8% as female.

Most of the students enrolled in the county were white, representing 94.3% of its student body.

Within Clark County, Monroe Elementary School had the highest enrollment in the school year, welcoming 530 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
Casey-Westfield Junior/Senior High School	Casey	358
Marshall High School	Marshall	337
Marshall Junior High School	Marshall	187
Martinsville Elementary School	Martinsville	227
Martinsville Junior-Senior High School	Martinsville	144
Monroe Elementary School	Casey	530
North Elementary School	Marshall	383
South Elementary School	Marshall	278