Southern Illinois News

Union County schools welcomed 2,524 students in the 2021-22 school year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.

This is a decrease of 4.2% from the previous school year.

Union County had the 41st lowest enrollment numbers in the state.

According to the data, the student body comprised of 50% boys, and 50% girls.

Most of the students enrolled in the county were white, representing 87.1% of its student body.

Within Union County, Anna-Jonesboro High School had the highest enrollment in the school year, welcoming 504 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
Anna Junior High School	Anna	260
Anna-Jonesboro High School	Anna	504
Cobden Elementary School	Cobden	196
Cobden High School	Cobden	172
Cobden Junior High School	Cobden	95
Davie Elementary School	Anna	116
Dongola Elementary School	Dongola	128
Dongola High School	Dongola	61
Dongola Junior High School	Dongola	48
Jonesboro Elementary School	Jonesboro	345
Lick Creek Elementary School	Buncombe	138
Lincoln Elementary School	Anna	192
Shawnee Elementary School	Wolf Lake	147
Shawnee High School	Wolf Lake	65
Shawnee Junior High School	Wolf Lake	57