South Central Reporter

Fayette County schools welcomed 2,822 students in the 2022-23 school year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.

This is an increase of 0.6% over the previous school year, when there were 2,806 students enrolled in the county.

Fayette County had the 46th lowest enrollment numbers in the state.

Of all the students welcomed at the time, 51.7% identified as male, and 48.3% as female.

Most of the students enrolled in the county were white, representing 94.8% of its student body.

Within Fayette County, Vandalia Elementary School had the highest enrollment in the school year, welcoming 542 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
Brownstown Elementary School	Brownstown	255
Brownstown High School	Brownstown	88
Brownstown Junior High School	Brownstown	53
Ramsey Elementary School	Ramsey	203
Ramsey High School	Ramsey	200
South Central High School	Farina	190
St. Elmo Elementary School	St. Elmo	217
St. Elmo Junior High School	St. Elmo	52
St. Elmo Senior High School	St. Elmo	124
Vandalia Community High School	Vandalia	384
Vandalia Elementary School	Vandalia	542
Vandalia Junior High School	Vandalia	514