South Central Reporter

Nashville Consolidated Community School District 49 had the highest enrollment among Washington County districts, welcoming 547 students during the 2021-22 school year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.

Of all the students welcomed in the 2021-22 school year, 55% of them were girls, and 45% were boys.

Data also showed that the majority of students were white, making up 92.1% of the Nashville Consolidated Community School District 49's total enrollment.

Among the six districts in Washington County, West Washington County Community Unit School District 10 ranked second in enrollment numbers with 508 students, while Nashville Community High School District 99 welcomed 405 students and ranked third in the 2021-22 school year.

Nashville Consolidated Community School District 49 roughly covers schools within Washington County with its main office in Nashville.

In the previous school year, Nashville Consolidated Community School District 49 also had the highest number of students among Washington County districts.

In 2022, Illinois had 1,925,415 students enrolled in a total of almost 4,000 schools. There were 130,467 teachers in the public schools, or roughly one teacher for every 15 students, compared to the national average of 1:16.

K-12 enrollment has been declining in Illinois for several years, influenced by demographic changes. Between the 2019–2020 and 2020–2021 school years, public and private K-12 enrollment fell by 3% (60,900 students), a significantly larger decline than the typical 0.5% to 1.5% annual decreases seen in the state over the last five years.

District	City (main office)	Total Enrollment
Nashville Consolidated Community School District 49	Nashville	547
West Washington County Community Unit School District 10	Okawville	508
Nashville Community High School District 99	Nashville	405
Ashley Community Consolidated School District 15	Ashley	127
Irvington Community Consolidated School District 11	Irvington	71
Oakdale Community Consolidated School District 1	Oakdale	59