South Central Reporter

Bond County schools welcomed 1,855 students in the 2022-23 school year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.

This is a decrease of 2.5% from the previous school year, when there were 1,902 students enrolled in the county.

Bond County had the 24th lowest enrollment numbers in the state.

Of all the students welcomed at the time, 51.5% identified as male, and 48.5% as female.

Most of the students enrolled in the county were white, representing 89.2% of its student body.

Within Bond County, Greenville Elementary School had the highest enrollment in the school year, welcoming 523 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
Bond County Community Unit 2 High School	Greenville	485
Greenville Elementary School	Greenville	523
Greenville Junior High School	Greenville	294
Mulberry Grove Elementary School	Mulberry Grove	162
Mulberry Grove Junior High School	Mulberry Grove	75
Mulberry Grove Senior High School	Mulberry Grove	105
Pocahontas Center	Pocahontas	211