East Central Reporter

Douglas County schools welcomed 2,844 students in the 2022-23 school year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.

This is a decrease of 0.3% from the previous school year, when there were 2,852 students enrolled in the county.

Douglas County had the 47th lowest enrollment numbers in the state.

Of all the students welcomed at the time, 51.5% identified as male, and 48.5% as female.

Most of the students enrolled in the county were white, representing 80.1% of its student body.

Within Douglas County, Arcola Elementary School had the highest enrollment in the school year, welcoming 404 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
Arcola Elementary School	Arcola	404
Arcola High School	Arcola	280
Arthur Grade School	Arthur	284
Arthur-Lovington/Atwood-Hammond High School	Arthur	307
East Prairie Middle School	Tuscola	280
North Ward Elementary School	Tuscola	364
Tuscola High School	Tuscola	286
Villa Grove Elementary School	Villa Grove	335
Villa Grove High School	Villa Grove	194
Villa Grove Junior High School	Villa Grove	110