Illinois Valley Times

Earlville Community Unit School District 9 welcomed 374 students in the 2022-23 school year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.

This is a 0.3% decrease from the previous school year.

Earlville Elementary School had the largest enrollment in the district with 241 students.

Earlville Community Unit School District 9 roughly covers schools within LaSalle County and has a main office in Earlville.

In 2022, Illinois had 1,925,415 students enrolled in a total of 3,977 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 many years, reflecting demographic changes. Combined public and private K-12 enrollment dropped three percent between the 2019-2020 and 2020-2021 school year (60,900 students), far more than the typical 0.5 percent to 1.5 percent annual enrollment declines in Illinois over the last 5 years.

School	Enrollment	Change from Previous Year (%)
Earlville Elementary School	241	4.8%
Earlville Junior/Senior High School	96	-19.3%
Earlville Early Learning Center	37	42.3%