South West Illinois News

Randolph County schools welcomed 3,768 students in the 2022-23 school year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.

This is a decrease of 1.3% from the previous school year, when there were 3,818 students enrolled in the county.

Randolph County had the 47th highest enrollment numbers in the state.

Of all the students welcomed at the time, 51.8% identified as male, and 48.2% as female.

Most of the students enrolled in the county were white, representing 85% of its student body.

Within Randolph County, Sparta Lincoln School had the highest enrollment in the school year, welcoming 718 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
Chester Elementary School	Chester	603
Chester High School	Chester	303
Coulterville Elementary School	Coulterville	86
Coulterville High School	Coulterville	70
Coulterville Junior High School	Coulterville	60
Evansville Attendance Center	Evansville	114
Prairie Du Rocher Elementary School	Prairie du Rocher	127
Red Bud Elementary School	Red Bud	610
Red Bud High School	Red Bud	370
Sparta High School	Sparta	312
Sparta Lincoln School	Sparta	718
Steeleville Elementary School	Steeleville	270
Steeleville High School	Steeleville	125