East Central Reporter

Jasper County schools welcomed 1,172 students in the 2022-23 school year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.

This is an increase of 0.5% over the previous school year, when there were 1,166 students enrolled in the county.

Jasper County had the 15th lowest enrollment numbers in the state.

Of all the students welcomed at the time, 53.2% identified as male, and 46.8% as female.

Most of the students enrolled in the county were white, representing 95.9% of its student body.

Within Jasper County, Newton Elementary School had the highest enrollment in the school year, welcoming 485 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
Jasper County Junior High	Newton	186
Newton Community High School	Newton	378
Newton Elementary School	Newton	485
Ste. Marie Elementary School	Ste. Marie	123