South Central Reporter

Clinton County schools welcomed 5,088 students in the 2021-22 school year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.

This is a decrease of 0.6% from the previous school year.

Clinton County had the 39th highest enrollment numbers in the state.

According to the data, the student body comprised of 51.8% boys, and 48.2% girls.

Most of the students enrolled in the county were white, representing 90.7% of its student body.

Within Clinton County, Central Community High School had the highest enrollment in the school year, welcoming 616 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
Albers Elementary School	Albers	174
Aviston Elementary School	Aviston	407
Bartelso Elementary School	Bartelso	180
Beckemeyer Elementary School	Beckemeyer	171
Breese Elementary School	Breese	426
Carlyle Elementary School	Carlyle	384
Carlyle High School	Carlyle	300
Carlyle Junior High School	Carlyle	309
Central Community High School	Breese	616
Damiansville Elementary School	Damiansville	91
Germantown Elementary School	Germantown	236
New Baden Elementary School	New Baden	233
North Wamac Grade School	Centralia	113
St. Rose Elementary School	Breese	186
Trenton Elementary School	Trenton	252
Wesclin Middle School	Trenton	455
Wesclin Senior High School	Trenton	386
Willow Grove Elementary School	Centralia	169