South Central Reporter

Christian County schools welcomed 4,200 students in the 2021-22 school year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.

This is a decrease of 1.1% from the previous school year.

Christian County had the 43rd highest enrollment numbers in the state.

According to the data, the student body comprised of 50% boys, and 50% girls.

Most of the students enrolled in the county were white, representing 93.1% of its student body.

Within Christian County, Taylorville Senior High School had the highest enrollment in the school year, welcoming 785 students.

In 2022, Illinois had almost 2 million students enrolled in 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. Combined public and private K-12 enrollment dropped 3% between the 2019–20 and 2020–21 school years (60,900 students), far more than the typical 0.5% to 1.5% annual enrollment declines in Illinois over the last five years.

School	City	Enrollment
Edinburg Elementary School	Edinburg	107
Edinburg High School	Edinburg	69
Edinburg Junior High School	Edinburg	48
Lincoln Elementary School	Pana	230
Memorial Elementary School	Taylorville	272
Morrisonville Elementary School	Morrisonville	158
Morrisonville High School	Morrisonville	76
Morrisonville Junior High School	Morrisonville	43
North Elementary School	Taylorville	514
Pana Junior High School	Pana	270
Pana Senior High School	Pana	380
South Fork Elementary School	Kincaid	155
South Fork Junior Senior High School	Kincaid	152
Taylorville Junior High School	Taylorville	676
Taylorville Senior High School	Taylorville	785
Washington Elementary School	Pana	265