East Central Reporter

There were 293 white students enrolled in Hutsonville Community Unit School District 1 in the 2021-22 school year, the same number as the previous year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.

Data showed that Hutsonville Community Unit School District 1 welcomed 346 students during the 2021-22 school year. Among them, white students comprised 93.3% of the student body to be the most represented ethnicity in the district.

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

Among the two schools in Hutsonville Community Unit School District 1, Hutsonville Elementary And Junior High School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2021-22 school year, with a total of 199 students.

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 2019-20 and 2020–21 school years (60,900 students), far more than the typical 0.5% to 1.5% annual enrollment declines in Illinois over the last 5 years.

Year	Total District Enrollment	Total of White Students	White students %
2022	314	293	93.3%
2021	314	293	93.3%
2020	306	288	94.1%
2019	313	297	94.9%
2018	346	331	95.7%