South Central Reporter

Christian County schools welcomed 4,426 students in the 2023-24 school year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.

This is a decrease of 9.6% from the previous school year, when there were 4,897 students enrolled in the county.

Christian County had the 43rd highest enrollment numbers in the state.

Of all the students welcomed at the time, 50.5% identified as female, and 49.5% as male.

Most of the students enrolled in the county were white, representing 92.8% of its student body.

Within Christian County, Taylorville Senior High School had the highest enrollment in the school year, welcoming 763 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 Primary School	Assumption	152
Central A&M Middle School	Assumption	156
Edinburg Elementary School	Edinburg	101
Edinburg High School	Edinburg	68
Edinburg Junior High School	Edinburg	60
Lincoln Elementary School	Pana	215
Memorial Elementary School	Taylorville	264
Morrisonville Elementary School	Morrisonville	152
Morrisonville High School	Morrisonville	85
Morrisonville Junior High School	Morrisonville	43
North Elementary School	Taylorville	524
Pana Junior High School	Pana	250
Pana Senior High School	Pana	368
South Fork Elementary School	Kincaid	160
South Fork Junior Senior High School	Kincaid	133
Taylorville Junior High School	Taylorville	639
Taylorville Senior High School	Taylorville	763
Washington Elementary School	Pana	293