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Saline County schools welcomed 3,740 students in the 2021-22 school year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.

This is an increase of 0.6% over the previous school year.

Saline County had the 48th highest 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 87.6% of its student body.

Within Saline County, Eldorado Elementary School had the highest enrollment in the school year, welcoming 579 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
Carrier Mills-Stonefort Elementary School	Carrier Mills	323
Carrier Mills-Stonefort High School	Carrier Mills	125
East Side Intermediate School	Harrisburg	374
Eldorado Elementary School	Eldorado	579
Eldorado High School	Eldorado	316
Eldorado Middle School	Eldorado	221
Galatia Elementary School	Galatia	202
Galatia Elementary School	Galatia	26
Galatia High School	Galatia	121
Galatia Junior High School	Galatia	66
Harrisburg High School	Harrisburg	559
Harrisburg Middle School	Harrisburg	348
West Side Primary School	Harrisburg	480