IL Superintendent of Education Tony Sanders (2023) | Illinois State Board of education
IL Superintendent of Education Tony Sanders (2023) | Illinois State Board of education
There were 1,255 students in the halls of Mercer County School District 404 schools, 0.2% lower than the year before.
The enrollment numbers in Mercer County
Of all the students welcomed in the 2021-22 school year, 50.8% of them were girls, and 49.2% were boys.
Data also showed that the majority of students were white, making up 93.2% of the Mercer County School District 404's total enrollment.
Mercer County School District 404 has a main office in Aledo and is the only school district within Mercer County.
In 2022, Illinois had 1,925,415 students enrolled in a total of almost 4,000 schools. There were 130,467 teachers in the public schools, or roughly one teacher for every 15 students, compared to the national average of 1:16.
K-12 enrollment has been declining in Illinois for several years, influenced by demographic changes. Between the 2019–2020 and 2020–2021 school years, public and private K-12 enrollment fell by 3% (60,900 students), a significantly larger decline than the typical 0.5% to 1.5% annual decreases seen in the state over the last five years.
| School | Total Enrollment in 2021-22 | Total Enrollment in 2020-21 | Total % Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mercer County High School | 378 | 375 | 0.8% |
| Apollo Elementary School | 310 | 312 | -0.6% |
| Mercer County Junior High School | 200 | 208 | -3.8% |
| Mercer County Intermediate School | 184 | 197 | -6.6% |
| New Boston Elementary School | 183 | 166 | 10.2% |
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