South Central Reporter

Bond County schools welcomed 1,791 students in the 2023-24 school year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.

This is a decrease of 3.5% from the previous school year, when there were 1,855 students enrolled in the county.

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

Of all the students welcomed at the time, 52.4% identified as male, and 47.6% as female.

Most of the students enrolled in the county were white, representing 87.7% of its student body.

Within Bond County, Greenville Elementary School had the highest enrollment in the school year, welcoming 512 students.

As of the 2023-24 school year, Illinois public schools enrolled approximately 1.85 million students across 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. Between the 2019–20 and 2022–23 school years, Illinois public school enrollment declined from approximately 1.98 million to 1.85 million students, a decrease of about 127,000 students or 6.4%. This decline is significantly higher than the typical annual decreases of 0.5% to 1.5% observed in the preceding years, reflecting broader demographic shifts within the state.

School	City	Enrollment
Bond County Community Unit 2 High School	Greenville	473
Greenville Elementary School	Greenville	512
Greenville Junior High School	Greenville	295
Mulberry Grove Elementary School	Mulberry Grove	157
Mulberry Grove Junior High School	Mulberry Grove	66
Mulberry Grove Senior High School	Mulberry Grove	106
Pocahontas Center	Pocahontas	182