East Central Reporter

Clay County schools welcomed 2,195 students in the 2022-23 school year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.

This is an increase of 1.5% over the previous school year, when there were 2,162 students enrolled in the county.

Clay County had the 30th lowest enrollment numbers in the state.

Of all the students welcomed at the time, 50.5% identified as male, and 49.5% as female.

Most of the students enrolled in the county were white, representing 93.3% of its student body.

Within Clay County, Flora Elementary School had the highest enrollment in the school year, welcoming 675 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
Clay City Elementary School	Clay City	142
Clay City High School	Clay City	83
Clay City Junior High School	Clay City	68
Flora Elementary School	Flora	675
Flora High School	Flora	370
Floyd Henson Junior High School	Flora	284
North Clay Community High School	Louisville	175
North Clay Elementary/Junior High School	Louisville	398