South Central Reporter

Montgomery County schools welcomed 3,733 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.

Montgomery County had the 49th highest enrollment numbers in the state.

According to the data, the student body comprised of 51.1% boys, and 48.9% girls.

Most of the students enrolled in the county were white, representing 93.3% of its student body.

Within Montgomery County, Beckemeyer Elementary School had the highest enrollment in the school year, welcoming 646 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
Beckemeyer Elementary School	Hillsboro	646
Farmersville Elementary School	Farmersville	92
Hillsboro High School	Hillsboro	467
Hillsboro Junior High School	Hillsboro	328
J.D. Colt Elementary School	Litchfield	179
Lincolnwood High School	Raymond	129
Lincolnwood Junior High School	Raymond	95
Litchfield Middle School	Litchfield	274
Litchfield Prekindergarten	Litchfield	118
Litchfield Senior High School	Litchfield	378
Madison Park Elementary School	Litchfield	146
Nokomis Junior/Senior High School	Nokomis	305
North Elementary School	Nokomis	287
Raymond Grade School	Raymond	127
Russell Elementary School	Litchfield	162