East Central Reporter

There were 2,058 white students enrolled in Charleston Community Unit School District 1 in the 2021-22 school year, 2.3% more than the previous year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.

Data showed that Charleston Community Unit School District 1 welcomed 2,757 students during the 2021-22 school year. Among them, white students comprised 81.5% of the student body to be the most represented ethnicity in the district.

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

Among the six schools in Charleston Community Unit School District 1, Charleston High School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2021-22 school year, with a total of 632 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	2,525	2,058	81.5%
2021	2,473	2,011	81.3%
2020	2,681	2,259	84.3%
2019	2,784	2,344	84.2%
2018	2,757	2,358	85.5%