Galesburg Reporter

Henderson County schools welcomed 729 students in the 2021-22 school year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.

This is a decrease of 2.7% from the previous school year.

Henderson County had the seventh lowest enrollment numbers in the state.

According to the data, the student body comprised of 52.5% boys, and 47.5% girls.

Most of the students enrolled in the county were white, representing 92.9% of its student body.

Within Henderson County, West Central Elementary School had the highest enrollment in the school year, welcoming 313 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
West Central Early Childhood	Biggsville	51
West Central Elementary School	Biggsville	313
West Central High School	Biggsville	204
West Central Middle School	Stronghurst	161