East Central Reporter

Effingham County schools welcomed 4,797 students in the 2022-23 school year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.

This is a decrease of 0.8% from the previous school year, when there were 4,835 students enrolled in the county.

Effingham County had the 42nd highest enrollment numbers in the state.

Of all the students welcomed at the time, 51.3% identified as male, and 48.7% as female.

Most of the students enrolled in the county were white, representing 92.6% of its student body.

Within Effingham County, Effingham High School had the highest enrollment in the school year, welcoming 687 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
Altamont Grade School	Altamont	423
Altamont High School	Altamont	223
Beecher City Grade School	Beecher City	190
Beecher City Junior/Senior High School	Beecher City	158
Central Grade School	Effingham	495
Dieterich Elementary School	Dieterich	337
Dieterich Junior/Senior High School	Dieterich	261
Early Learning Center	Effingham	171
Effingham High School	Effingham	687
Effingham Junior High School	Effingham	509
South Side Grade School	Effingham	265
Teutopolis Grade School	Teutopolis	582
Teutopolis High School	Teutopolis	319
Teutopolis Junior High School	Teutopolis	177