East Central Reporter

Lawrence County schools welcomed 1,945 students in the 2022-23 school year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.

This is a decrease of 3.8% from the previous school year, when there were 2,022 students enrolled in the county.

Lawrence County had the 26th lowest enrollment numbers in the state.

Of all the students welcomed at the time, 51.8% identified as male, and 48.2% as female.

Most of the students enrolled in the county were white, representing 93.2% of its student body.

Within Lawrence County, Parkside Elementary School had the highest enrollment in the school year, welcoming 497 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
Bridgeport Grade School	Bridgeport	363
Lawrenceville High School	Lawrenceville	299
Parkside Elementary School	Lawrenceville	497
Parkview Junior High School	Lawrenceville	227
Red Hill Junior/Senior High School	Bridgeport	363
Sumner Attendance Center	Sumner	196