East Central Reporter

Shelby County schools welcomed 2,635 students in the 2023-24 school year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.

This is a decrease of 5.5% from the previous school year, when there were 2,787 students enrolled in the county.

Shelby County had the 44th lowest enrollment numbers in the state.

Of all the students welcomed at the time, 52% identified as male, and 48% as female.

Most of the students enrolled in the county were white, representing 94.5% of its student body.

Within Shelby County, Moulton Elementary School had the highest enrollment in the school year, welcoming 444 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
Cowden-Herrick Grade School	Herrick	159
Cowden-Herrick Junior/Senior High School	Cowden	163
Gregory Intermediate School	Moweaqua	196
Main Street Elementary School	Shelbyville	373
Moulton Elementary School	Shelbyville	444
Okaw Valley Middle School	Findlay	125
Shelbyville High School	Shelbyville	336
Shelbyville Kindergarten Center	Shelbyville	89
Stewardson-Strasburg Elementary School	Strasburg	273
Stewardson-Strasburg High School	Strasburg	142
Windsor Elementary School	Windsor	202
Windsor Junior and Senior High School	Windsor	133