East Central Reporter

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.

School	City	Enrollment
Central A&M High School	Moweaqua	218
Cowden-Herrick Grade School	Herrick	154
Cowden-Herrick Junior/Senior High School	Cowden	159
Gregory Intermediate School	Moweaqua	190
Main Street Elementary School	Shelbyville	378
Moulton Elementary School	Shelbyville	426
Okaw Valley Middle School	Findlay	111
Shelbyville High School	Shelbyville	337
Shelbyville Kindergarten Center	Shelbyville	86
Stewardson-Strasburg Elementary School	Strasburg	270
Stewardson-Strasburg High School	Strasburg	122
Windsor Elementary School	Windsor	205
Windsor Junior and Senior High School	Windsor	131