South Central Reporter

Clinton County schools welcomed 5,293 students in the 2023-24 school year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.

This is a decrease of 11.3% from the previous school year, when there were 5,966 students enrolled in the county.

Clinton County had the 37th highest enrollment numbers in the state.

Of all the students welcomed at the time, 52.5% identified as male, and 47.5% as female.

Most of the students enrolled in the county were white, representing 88.3% of its student body.

Within Clinton County, Central Community High School had the highest enrollment in the school year, welcoming 627 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
Albers Elementary School	Albers	161
Aviston Elementary School	Aviston	445
Bartelso Elementary School	Bartelso	184
Beckemeyer Elementary School	Beckemeyer	175
Breese Elementary School	Breese	418
Carlyle Elementary School	Carlyle	377
Carlyle High School	Carlyle	274
Carlyle Junior High School	Carlyle	275
Central Community High School	Breese	627
Damiansville Elementary School	Damiansville	100
Germantown Elementary School	Germantown	246
New Baden Elementary School	New Baden	231
North Wamac Grade School	Centralia	130
Schiller Elementary School	Centralia	247
St. Rose Elementary School	Breese	179
Trenton Elementary School	Trenton	236
Wesclin Middle School	Trenton	492
Wesclin Senior High School	Trenton	348
Willow Grove Elementary School	Centralia	148