South Central Reporter

Christian County schools welcomed 4,897 students in the 2022-23 school year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.

This is an increase of 0.7% over the previous school year, when there were 4,864 students enrolled in the county.

Christian County had the 41st highest enrollment numbers in the state.

Of all the students welcomed at the time, 50.1% identified as male, and 49.9% as female.

Most of the students enrolled in the county were white, representing 93.6% of its student body.

Within Christian County, Taylorville Senior High School had the highest enrollment in the school year, welcoming 759 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 Primary School	Assumption	148
Central A&M Middle School	Assumption	161
Edinburg Elementary School	Edinburg	108
Edinburg Elementary School	Edinburg	108
Edinburg High School	Edinburg	73
Edinburg Junior High School	Edinburg	57
Edinburg Junior High School	Edinburg	57
Lincoln Elementary School	Pana	213
Lincoln Elementary School	Pana	213
Memorial Elementary School	Taylorville	262
Morrisonville Elementary School	Morrisonville	181
Morrisonville High School	Morrisonville	85
Morrisonville Junior High School	Morrisonville	43
North Elementary School	Taylorville	532
Pana Junior High School	Pana	252
Pana Senior High School	Pana	379
South Fork Elementary School	Kincaid	145
South Fork Junior Senior High School	Kincaid	151
Taylorville Junior High School	Taylorville	675
Taylorville Senior High School	Taylorville	759
Washington Elementary School	Pana	295