Charleston Community Unit School District 1 welcomed 2,552 students in the 2024-25 school year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.
This represents a 2.9% increase over the previous school year.
Charleston High School had the largest enrollment in the district with 758 students.
Charleston Community Unit School District 1 roughly covers schools within Coles County and has a main office in Charleston.
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 (%) |
|---|---|---|
| Jefferson Elementary School | 565 | 2.2% |
| Charleston High School | 758 | 3.1% |
| Ashmore Elementary School | 74 | 2.8% |
| Charleston Middle School | 386 | 0.8% |
| Mark Twain Elementary School | 218 | 6.9% |
| Carl Sandburg Elementary School | 551 | 3.2% |
Information in this article was obtained from the Illinois State Board of Education. The source data can be found here.
