Macon Reporter

Dewitt County schools welcomed 2,316 students in the 2021-22 school year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.

This is an increase of 1.4% over the previous school year.

Dewitt County had the 34th lowest enrollment numbers in the state.

According to the data, the student body comprised of 51.9% boys, and 48.1% girls.

Most of the students enrolled in the county were white, representing 87.6% of its student body.

Within Dewitt County, Clinton High School had the highest enrollment in the school year, welcoming 474 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
Blue Ridge High School	Farmer City	185
Blue Ridge Intermediate and Junior High School	Mansfield	204
Clinton Elementary School	Clinton	468
Clinton High School	Clinton	474
Clinton Junior High School	Clinton	375
Douglas Elementary School	Clinton	168
Lincoln Elementary School	Clinton	188
Ruth M. Schneider Elementary School	Farmer City	254