East Central Reporter

Jasper County schools welcomed 1,171 students in the 2023-24 school year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.

This is a decrease of 0.1% from the previous school year, when there were 1,172 students enrolled in the county.

Jasper County had the 15th 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 95.3% of its student body.

Within Jasper County, Newton Elementary School had the highest enrollment in the school year, welcoming 478 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
Jasper County Junior High	Newton	200
Newton Community High School	Newton	378
Newton Elementary School	Newton	478
Ste. Marie Elementary School	Ste. Marie	115