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Moultrie County schools welcomed 1,649 students in 2022-23 school year

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Moultrie County schools welcomed 1,649 students in the 2022-23 school year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.

This is a decrease of 2.4% from the previous school year, when there were 1,690 students enrolled in the county.

Moultrie County had the 18th lowest enrollment numbers in the state.

Of all the students welcomed at the time, 50.7% identified as male, and 49.3% as female.

Most of the students enrolled in the county were white, representing 94.2% of its student body.

Within Moultrie County, Sullivan Elementary School had the highest enrollment in the school year, welcoming 483 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.

Enrollment in Moultrie County Schools Over 7 Years

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Enrollment of Moultrie County County Schools in 2022-23 School Year

SchoolCityEnrollment
Lovington Grade SchoolLovington157
Okaw Valley Elementary SchoolBethany172
Okaw Valley High SchoolBethany166
Sullivan Elementary SchoolSullivan483
Sullivan High SchoolSullivan340
Sullivan Middle SchoolSullivan331

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