South Central Reporter

Clinton County schools welcomed 5,966 students in the 2022-23 school year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.

This is an increase of 0.4% over the previous school year, when there were 5,945 students enrolled in the county.

Clinton County had the 33rd highest enrollment numbers in the state.

Of all the students welcomed at the time, 51.9% identified as male, and 48.1% as female.

Most of the students enrolled in the county were white, representing 88.6% of its student body.

Within Clinton County, Central Community High School had the highest enrollment in the school year, welcoming 617 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	169
Aviston Elementary School	Aviston	429
Bartelso Elementary School	Bartelso	181
Beckemeyer Elementary School	Beckemeyer	185
Beckemeyer Elementary School	Beckemeyer	185
Breese Elementary School	Breese	417
Breese Elementary School	Breese	417
Carlyle Elementary School	Carlyle	395
Carlyle High School	Carlyle	280
Carlyle Junior High School	Carlyle	296
Central Community High School	Breese	617
Damiansville Elementary School	Damiansville	98
Germantown Elementary School	Germantown	237
New Baden Elementary School	New Baden	248
North Wamac Grade School	Centralia	131
Schiller Elementary School	Centralia	262
St. Rose Elementary School	Breese	171
Trenton Elementary School	Trenton	247
Wesclin Middle School	Trenton	473
Wesclin Senior High School	Trenton	369
Willow Grove Elementary School	Centralia	159