Peoria Standard

Knox County schools welcomed 6,126 students in the 2021-22 school year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.

This is a decrease of 0.6% from the previous school year.

Knox County had the 33rd highest enrollment numbers in the state.

According to the data, the student body comprised of 51.4% boys, and 48.6% girls.

Most of the students enrolled in the county were white, representing 72.3% of its student body.

Within Knox County, Galesburg High School had the highest enrollment in the school year, welcoming 1,222 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
Abingdon-Avon High School	Abingdon	272
Abingdon-Avon Middle School	Avon	201
Avon Elementary School	Avon	47
Bright Futures Pre-K Program	Galesburg	172
Churchill Junior High School	Galesburg	579
Galesburg High School	Galesburg	1,222
Hedding Grade School	Abingdon	365
King Elementary School	Galesburg	503
Knoxville Junior High School	Knoxville	262
Knoxville Senior High School	Knoxville	328
Mable Woolsey Elementary School	Knoxville	394
ROWVA Elementary School	Oneida	352
ROWVA Junior/Senior High School	Oneida	271
Silas Willard Elementary School	Galesburg	420
Steele School	Galesburg	454
Williamsfield Elementary School	Williamsfield	114
Williamsfield High School	Williamsfield	89
Williamsfield Middle School	Williamsfield	81