Quincy Reporter

Adams County schools welcomed 9,068 students in the 2022-23 school year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.

This is a decrease of 1.7% from the previous school year, when there were 9,227 students enrolled in the county.

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

Of all the students welcomed at the time, 51.7% identified as male, and 48.3% as female.

Most of the students enrolled in the county were white, representing 81.7% of its student body.

Within Adams County, Quincy Senior High School had the highest enrollment in the school year, welcoming 1,835 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	109
Central 3-4 Middle School	Golden	109
Central Elementary Grade School	Camp Point	180
Central Elementary Grade School	Camp Point	180
Central High School	Camp Point	239
Central Junior High School	Camp Point	240
Colonel George Iles Elementary School	Quincy	515
Dr. Abby Fox Rooney Elementary School	Quincy	490
Early Childhood	Quincy	439
Liberty Elementary School	Liberty	364
Liberty High School	Liberty	263
Lincoln-Douglas Elementary School	Quincy	580
Quincy Junior High School	Quincy	1,332
Quincy Senior High School	Quincy	1,835
Sarah Atwater Denman Elementary School Site 2	Quincy	497
Seymour Elementary School	Payson	267
Seymour High School	Payson	219
Thomas S. Baldwin Elementary School Site 2	Quincy	551
Unity Elementary School	Mendon	298
Unity High School	Mendon	178
Unity Middle School	Mendon	183