South Central Reporter

Bunker Hill Community Unit School District 8 welcomed 568 students in the 2022-23 school year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.

This is a 1.9% decrease from the previous school year.

Wolf Ridge Education Center and Wolf Ridge Education Center had the largest enrollment in the district with 357 students.

Bunker Hill Community Unit School District 8 roughly covers schools within Macoupin County and has a main office in Bunker Hill.

In 2022, Illinois had 1,925,415 students enrolled in a total of 3,977 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 many years, reflecting demographic changes. Combined public and private K-12 enrollment dropped three percent between the 2019-2020 and 2020-2021 school year (60,900 students), far more than the typical 0.5 percent to 1.5 percent annual enrollment declines in Illinois over the last 5 years.

School	Enrollment	Change from Previous Year (%)
Bunker Hill High School	211	-5%
Wolf Ridge Education Center	357	0%
Wolf Ridge Education Center	357	0%
Bunker Hill High School	211	-5%