South Central Reporter

Bond County Community Unit School District 2 had the highest enrollment among Bond County districts, welcoming 1,616 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, 51.9% of them were boys, and 48.1% were girls.

Data also showed that the majority of students were white, making up 87.9% of the Bond County Community Unit School District 2's total enrollment.

Among the two districts in Bond County, Mulberry Grove Community Unit School District 1 ranked second in enrollment numbers with 333 students.

Bond County Community Unit School District 2 roughly covers schools within Bond County with its main office in Greenville.

In the previous school year, Bond County Community Unit School District 2 also had the highest number of students among Bond 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
Bond County Community Unit School District 2	Greenville	1,616
Mulberry Grove Community Unit School District 1	Mulberry Grove	333