South Central Reporter

Montgomery County schools welcomed 3,960 students in the 2022-23 school year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.

This is an increase of 2% over the previous school year, when there were 3,883 students enrolled in the county.

Montgomery County had the 46th highest enrollment numbers in the state.

Of all the students welcomed at the time, 51.2% identified as male, and 48.8% as female.

Most of the students enrolled in the county were white, representing 93.1% of its student body.

Within Montgomery County, Beckemeyer Elementary School had the highest enrollment in the school year, welcoming 653 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
Beckemeyer Elementary School	Hillsboro	653
Coffeen Early Childhood Center	Coffeen	118
Farmersville Elementary School	Farmersville	101
Hillsboro High School	Hillsboro	458
Hillsboro Junior High School	Hillsboro	345
J.D. Colt Elementary School	Litchfield	177
Lincolnwood High School	Raymond	135
Lincolnwood Junior High School	Raymond	94
Litchfield Middle School	Litchfield	243
Litchfield Senior High School	Litchfield	401
Madison Park Elementary School	Litchfield	178
Madison Park Elementary School	Litchfield	178
Nokomis Junior/Senior High School	Nokomis	305
North Elementary School	Nokomis	281
Raymond Grade School	Raymond	103
Russell Elementary School	Litchfield	190