Quincy Reporter

Adams County schools welcomed 8,457 students in the 2021-22 school year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.

This is a decrease of 0.1% from the previous school year.

Adams County had the 25th highest enrollment numbers in the state.

According to the data, the student body comprised of 51.8% boys, and 48.2% girls.

Most of the students enrolled in the county were white, representing 82.8% of its student body.

Within Adams County, Quincy Senior High School had the highest enrollment in the school year, welcoming 1,900 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
Central 3-4 Middle School	Golden	106
Central Elementary Grade School	Camp Point	206
Central High School	Camp Point	238
Central Junior High School	Camp Point	248
Colonel George Iles Elementary School	Quincy	540
Dr. Abby Fox Rooney Elementary School	Quincy	479
Liberty Elementary School	Liberty	342
Liberty High School	Liberty	273
Lincoln-Douglas Elementary School	Quincy	545
Quincy Junior High School	Quincy	1,342
Quincy Senior High School	Quincy	1,900
Sarah Atwater Denman Elementary School Site 2	Quincy	537
Seymour Elementary School	Payson	248
Seymour High School	Payson	233
Thomas S. Baldwin Elementary School Site 2	Quincy	560
Unity Elementary School	Mendon	279
Unity High School	Mendon	174
Unity Middle School	Mendon	207