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Effingham County schools welcomed 4,797 students in 2022-23 school year

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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.

Enrollment in Effingham County Schools Over 7 Years

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Enrollment of Effingham County County Schools in 2022-23 School Year

SchoolCityEnrollment
Altamont Grade SchoolAltamont423
Altamont High SchoolAltamont223
Beecher City Grade SchoolBeecher City190
Beecher City Junior/Senior High SchoolBeecher City158
Central Grade SchoolEffingham495
Dieterich Elementary SchoolDieterich337
Dieterich Junior/Senior High SchoolDieterich261
Early Learning CenterEffingham171
Effingham High SchoolEffingham687
Effingham Junior High SchoolEffingham509
South Side Grade SchoolEffingham265
Teutopolis Grade SchoolTeutopolis582
Teutopolis High SchoolTeutopolis319
Teutopolis Junior High SchoolTeutopolis177

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