Gallatin County enrollment in 2021-22 school year

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

By SE Illinois News

Gallatin County schools welcomed 710 students in the 2021-22 school year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.

This is a decrease of 2.3% from the previous school year.

Gallatin County had the sixth lowest enrollment numbers in the state.

According to the data, the student body comprised of 50.3% girls, and 49.7% boys.

Most of the students enrolled in the county were white, representing 95.8% of its student body.

Within Gallatin County, Gallatin Elementary School had the highest enrollment in the school year, welcoming 291 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 Gallatin County Schools Over 5 Years