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Wayne County schools welcomed 2,363 students in the 2022-23 school year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.

This is an increase of 0.3% over the previous school year, when there were 2,356 students enrolled in the county.

Wayne County had the 34th lowest enrollment numbers in the state.

Of all the students welcomed at the time, 50.1% identified as male, and 49.9% as female.

Most of the students enrolled in the county were white, representing 94.7% of its student body.

Within Wayne County, Fairfield Community High School had the highest enrollment in the school year, welcoming 434 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
Center Street Elementary School	Fairfield	289
Cisne High School	Cisne	113
Cisne Middle School	Cisne	103
Fairfield Community High School	Fairfield	434
Geff Elementary School	Geff	90
Jasper Elementary School	Fairfield	170
Johnsonville Elementary School	Johnsonville	98
Mount Erie Elementary School	Mount Erie	57
New Hope Elementary School	Fairfield	193
North Side Elementary School	Fairfield	323
Wayne City Attendance Center	Wayne City	357
Wayne City High School	Wayne City	136