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Opdyke-Belle Rive Community Consolidated School District 5 welcomed 145 students in the 2023-24 school year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.

This is an 8.8% decrease from the previous school year.

Opdyke-Belle Rive Grade School was the only school in the district.

Opdyke-Belle Rive Community Consolidated School District 5 is located within Jefferson County and has a main office in Opdyke.

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 (%)
Opdyke-Belle Rive Grade School	145	-8.8%