East Central Reporter

Edgar County schools welcomed 2,575 students in the 2022-23 school year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.

This is a decrease of 0.1% from the previous school year, when there were 2,577 students enrolled in the county.

Edgar County had the 41st lowest enrollment numbers in the state.

Of all the students welcomed at the time, 51% identified as male, and 49% as female.

Most of the students enrolled in the county were white, representing 94.6% of its student body.

Within Edgar County, Paris Cooperative High School had the highest enrollment in the school year, welcoming 544 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	242
Chrisman Elementary School	Chrisman	129
Chrisman High School	Chrisman	97
Chrisman-Scottland Junior High School	Chrisman	68
Crestwood Elementary School	Paris	307
Crestwood Junior High School	Paris	126
Kansas Elementary School	Kansas	96
Kansas High School	Kansas	77
Mayo Middle School	Paris	247
Memorial Elementary School	Paris	288
Paris Cooperative High School	Paris	544
Shiloh Elementary School	Hume	172
Shiloh High School	Hume	182