Peoria Standard

Stark County schools welcomed 854 students in the 2021-22 school year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.

This is an increase of 4.5% over the previous school year.

Stark County had the 12th lowest enrollment numbers in the state.

According to the data, the student body comprised of 50% boys, and 50% girls.

Most of the students enrolled in the county were white, representing 92.7% of its student body.

Within Stark County, Stark County Elementary School had the highest enrollment in the school year, welcoming 313 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
Bradford Grade School	Bradford	116
Bradford Junior High School	Bradford	51
Stark County Elementary School	Wyoming	313
Stark County High School	Toulon	226
Stark County Junior High School	Toulon	148