Macon Reporter

De Witt County schools welcomed 2,099 students in the 2022-23 school year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.

This is a decrease of 0.6% from the previous school year, when there were 2,112 students enrolled in the county.

De Witt County had the 28th lowest enrollment numbers in the state.

Of all the students welcomed at the time, 52.2% identified as male, and 47.8% as female.

Most of the students enrolled in the county were white, representing 87.1% of its student body.

Within De Witt County, Clinton Elementary 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	183
Clinton Elementary School	Clinton	474
Clinton High School	Clinton	452
Clinton Junior High School	Clinton	365
Douglas Elementary School	Clinton	168
Lincoln Elementary School	Clinton	186
Ruth M. Schneider Elementary School	Farmer City	271