East Central Reporter

Hutsonville Community Unit School District 1 welcomed 314 students in the 2021-22 school year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.

This is unchanged from the previous school year.

Hutsonville Elementary And Junior High School had the largest enrollment in the district with 211 students.

Hutsonville Community Unit School District 1 roughly covers schools within Crawford County and has a main office in Hutsonville.

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.