Illinois Valley Times

Putnam County Community Unit School District 535 welcomed 790 students in the 2022-23 school year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.

This is a 1.4% increase over the previous school year.

Putnam County High School had the largest enrollment in the district with 246 students.

Putnam County Community Unit School District 535 roughly covers schools within Putnam County and has a main office in Granville.

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 (%)
Putnam County Junior High School	160	8.1%
Putnam County Primary School	221	3.8%
Putnam County Elementary School	163	5.2%
Putnam County High School	246	-6.5%