Sangamon Sun

Porta High School had the highest enrollment among Menard County schools, welcoming 423 students during the 2021-22 school year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.

Out of all the students welcomed in the 2021-22 school year, 51.3% of them were boys, and 48.7% were girls.

Data also showed that most of the students were white, representing 94.3% of the student body at Porta High School.

Among the nine schools in Menard County, Petersburg Elementary School ranked second in enrollment with 366 students, while Cantrall Elementary School welcomed 342 students to be ranked third in the 2021-22 school year.

Porta High School is a part of Porta Community Unit School District 202, which generally encompasses schools within Menard County with its main office in Petersburg.

In the previous school year, Porta High School had the highest number of students among Menard County schools.

In the 2021-22 school year, Illinois had roughly 1.9 million students enrolled across approximately schools. There were more than 130,000 teachers in the public schools, or roughly one teacher for every 15 students, compared to the national average of 1:16.

K-12 enrollment has been declining in Illinois for many years, reflecting 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 5 years.

School name	City	Total Enrolment
Porta High School	Petersburg	423
Petersburg Elementary School	Petersburg	366
Cantrall Elementary School	Cantrall	342
Athens Senior High School	Athens	323
Porta Central School	Petersburg	274
Cantrall Intermediate School	Cantrall	216
Athens Junior High School	Athens	143
Greenview Junior/Senior High School	Greenview	109
Greenview Elementary School	Greenview	88