Sangamon Sun

Menard County schools welcomed 2,284 students in the 2021-22 school year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.

This is an increase of 0.4% over the previous school year.

Menard County had the 33rd lowest enrollment numbers in the state.

According to the data, the student body comprised of 51.1% boys, and 48.9% girls.

Most of the students enrolled in the county were white, representing 93.5% of its student body.

Within Menard County, Porta High School had the highest enrollment in the school year, welcoming 423 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
Athens Junior High School	Athens	143
Athens Senior High School	Athens	323
Cantrall Elementary School	Cantrall	342
Cantrall Intermediate School	Cantrall	216
Greenview Elementary School	Greenview	88
Greenview Junior/Senior High School	Greenview	109
Petersburg Elementary School	Petersburg	366
Porta Central School	Petersburg	274
Porta High School	Petersburg	423