East Central Reporter

Edgar County schools welcomed 2,555 students in the 2023-24 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 2,575 students enrolled in the county.

Edgar County had the 43rd lowest enrollment numbers in the state.

Of all the students welcomed at the time, 52.2% identified as male, and 47.8% as female.

Most of the students enrolled in the county were white, representing 93.8% of its student body.

Within Edgar County, Paris Cooperative High School had the highest enrollment in the school year, welcoming 528 students.

As of the 2023-24 school year, Illinois public schools enrolled approximately 1.85 million students across 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. Between the 2019–20 and 2022–23 school years, Illinois public school enrollment declined from approximately 1.98 million to 1.85 million students, a decrease of about 127,000 students or 6.4%. This decline is significantly higher than the typical annual decreases of 0.5% to 1.5% observed in the preceding years, reflecting broader demographic shifts within the state.

School	City	Enrollment
Carolyn Wenz Elementary School	Paris	253
Chrisman Elementary School	Chrisman	122
Chrisman High School	Chrisman	84
Chrisman-Scottland Junior High School	Chrisman	70
Crestwood Elementary School	Paris	297
Crestwood Junior High School	Paris	126
Kansas Elementary School	Kansas	96
Kansas High School	Kansas	77
Mayo Middle School	Paris	238
Memorial Elementary School	Paris	306
Paris Cooperative High School	Paris	528
Shiloh Elementary School	Hume	248
Shiloh High School	Hume	110