Quincy Reporter

Adams County schools welcomed 8,692 students in the 2023-24 school year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.

This is a decrease of 4.1% from the previous school year, when there were 9,068 students enrolled in the county.

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

Of all the students welcomed at the time, 51.6% identified as male, and 48.4% as female.

Most of the students enrolled in the county were white, representing 80.6% of its student body.

Within Adams County, Quincy Senior High School had the highest enrollment in the school year, welcoming 1,835 students.

As of the 2023-24 school year, Illinois public schools enrolled approximately 1.85 million students across 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. Between the 2019–20 and 2022–23 school years, Illinois public school enrollment declined from approximately 1.98 million to 1.85 million students, a decrease of about 127,000 students or 6.4%. This decline is significantly higher than the typical annual decreases of 0.5% to 1.5% observed in the preceding years, reflecting broader demographic shifts within the state.

School	City	Enrollment
Central 3-4 Middle School	Golden	113
Central Elementary Grade School	Camp Point	165
Central High School	Camp Point	232
Central Junior High School	Camp Point	216
Colonel George Iles Elementary School	Quincy	503
Dr. Abby Fox Rooney Elementary School	Quincy	477
Early Childhood	Quincy	477
Liberty Elementary School	Liberty	356
Liberty High School	Liberty	265
Lincoln-Douglas Elementary School	Quincy	579
Quincy Junior High School	Quincy	1,261
Quincy Senior High School	Quincy	1,835
Sarah Atwater Denman Elementary School Site 2	Quincy	517
Seymour Elementary School	Payson	246
Seymour High School	Payson	222
Thomas S. Baldwin Elementary School Site 2	Quincy	561
Unity Elementary School	Mendon	295
Unity High School	Mendon	179
Unity Middle School	Mendon	193