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Shelby County enrollment in 2022-23 school year

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Steven Isoye State Board of Education Chairperson | Official Website

Steven Isoye State Board of Education Chairperson | Official Website

Shelby County schools welcomed 2,787 students in the 2022-23 school year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.

This is an increase of 0.3% over the previous school year, when there were 2,780 students enrolled in the county.

Shelby County had the 45th lowest enrollment numbers in the state.

Of all the students welcomed at the time, 52.6% identified as male, and 47.4% as female.

Most of the students enrolled in the county were white, representing 95.2% of its student body.

Within Shelby County, Moulton Elementary School had the highest enrollment in the school year, welcoming 426 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 Shelby County Schools Over 7 Years

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

SchoolCityEnrollment
Central A&M High SchoolMoweaqua218
Cowden-Herrick Grade SchoolHerrick154
Cowden-Herrick Junior/Senior High SchoolCowden159
Gregory Intermediate SchoolMoweaqua190
Main Street Elementary SchoolShelbyville378
Moulton Elementary SchoolShelbyville426
Okaw Valley Middle SchoolFindlay111
Shelbyville High SchoolShelbyville337
Shelbyville Kindergarten CenterShelbyville86
Stewardson-Strasburg Elementary SchoolStrasburg270
Stewardson-Strasburg High SchoolStrasburg122
Windsor Elementary SchoolWindsor205
Windsor Junior and Senior High SchoolWindsor131

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