South Central Reporter

Montgomery County schools welcomed 3,697 students in the 2023-24 school year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.

This is a decrease of 6.6% from the previous school year, when there were 3,960 students enrolled in the county.

Montgomery County had the 48th 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 92.8% of its student body.

Within Montgomery County, Beckemeyer Elementary School had the highest enrollment in the school year, welcoming 638 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
Beckemeyer Elementary School	Hillsboro	638
Coffeen Early Childhood Center	Coffeen	112
Farmersville Elementary School	Farmersville	98
Hillsboro High School	Hillsboro	435
Hillsboro Junior High School	Hillsboro	322
Lincolnwood High School	Raymond	137
Lincolnwood Junior High School	Raymond	80
Litchfield Middle School	Litchfield	267
Litchfield Senior High School	Litchfield	383
Madison Park Elementary School	Litchfield	195
Nokomis Junior/Senior High School	Nokomis	295
North Elementary School	Nokomis	276
Raymond Grade School	Raymond	117
Russell Elementary School	Litchfield	342