South West Illinois News

Du Quoin Community Unit School District 300 had the highest enrollment among Perry County districts, welcoming 1,359 students during the 2021-22 school year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.

Of all the students welcomed in the 2021-22 school year, 50.6% of them were boys, and 49.4% were girls.

Data also showed that the majority of students were white, making up 83.8% of the Du Quoin Community Unit School District 300's total enrollment.

Among the five districts in Perry County, Pinckneyville School District 50 ranked second in enrollment numbers with 498 students, while Pinckneyville Community High School District 101 welcomed 436 students and ranked third in the 2021-22 school year.

Du Quoin Community Unit School District 300 roughly covers schools within Perry County with its main office in Du Quoin.

In the previous school year, Du Quoin Community Unit School District 300 also had the highest number of students among Perry County districts.

In 2022, Illinois had 1,925,415 students enrolled in a total of almost 4,000 schools. There were 130,467 teachers in the public schools, or roughly one teacher for every 15 students, compared to the national average of 1:16.

K-12 enrollment has been declining in Illinois for several years, influenced by demographic changes. Between the 2019–2020 and 2020–2021 school years, public and private K-12 enrollment fell by 3% (60,900 students), a significantly larger decline than the typical 0.5% to 1.5% annual decreases seen in the state over the last five years.

District	City (main office)	Total Enrollment
Du Quoin Community Unit School District 300	Du Quoin	1,359
Pinckneyville School District 50	Pinckneyville	498
Pinckneyville Community High School District 101	Pinckneyville	436
Community Consolidated School District 204	Pinckneyville	182
Tamaroa School District 5	Tamaroa	76