South West Illinois News

Monroe County schools welcomed 4,985 students in the 2021-22 school year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.

This is an increase of 1.7% over the previous school year.

Monroe County had the 40th highest enrollment numbers in the state.

According to the data, the student body comprised of 51.1% boys, and 48.9% girls.

Most of the students enrolled in the county were white, representing 93.8% of its student body.

Within Monroe County, Waterloo High School had the highest enrollment in the school year, welcoming 843 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
Columbia High School	Columbia	626
Columbia Middle School	Columbia	567
Eagleview Elementary School	Columbia	327
Gardner Elementary School	Waterloo	374
Parkview Elementary School	Columbia	440
Rogers Elementary School	Waterloo	366
Valmeyer Elementary School	Valmeyer	156
Valmeyer High School	Valmeyer	119
Valmeyer Junior High School	Valmeyer	74
W.J. Zahnow Elementary School	Waterloo	468
Waterloo High School	Waterloo	843
Waterloo Junior High School	Waterloo	625