South West Illinois News

Perry County schools welcomed 2,492 students in the 2022-23 school year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.

This is a decrease of 2.3% from the previous school year, when there were 2,551 students enrolled in the county.

Perry County had the 39th lowest enrollment numbers in the state.

Of all the students welcomed at the time, 50.2% identified as male, and 49.8% as female.

Most of the students enrolled in the county were white, representing 88.8% of its student body.

Within Perry County, Du Quoin Elementary School had the highest enrollment in the school year, welcoming 480 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
Community Consolidated School	Pinckneyville	203
Du Quoin Elementary School	Du Quoin	480
Du Quoin High School	Du Quoin	457
Du Quoin Middle School	Du Quoin	380
Pinckneyville Community High School	Pinckneyville	427
Pinckneyville Elementary School	Pinckneyville	254
Pinckneyville Middle School	Pinckneyville	208
Tamaroa Elementary School	Tamaroa	83