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Johnson County schools welcomed 1,698 students in 2021-22 school year

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Chief Education Officer Jason Helfer (2023) | Illinois State Board of education

Chief Education Officer Jason Helfer (2023) | Illinois State Board of education

Johnson County schools welcomed 1,698 students in the 2021-22 school year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.

This is a decrease of 0.7% from the previous school year.

Johnson County had the 21st lowest enrollment numbers in the state.

According to the data, the student body comprised of 51.7% boys, and 48.3% girls.

Most of the students enrolled in the county were white, representing 94.8% of its student body.

Within Johnson County, Goreville Elementary School had the highest enrollment in the school year, welcoming 459 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.

Enrollment in Johnson County Schools Over 5 Years

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Enrollment of Johnson County Schools in 2021-22 School Year

SchoolCityEnrollment
Buncombe Consolidated SchoolBuncombe58
Cypress Elementary SchoolCypress105
Goreville Elementary SchoolGoreville459
Goreville High SchoolGoreville167
New Simpson Hill School District 32Tunnel Hill209
Vienna Elementary School District 55Vienna384
Vienna High SchoolVienna316