East Central Reporter

There were 331 white students enrolled in Martinsville Community Unit School District 3C in the 2021-22 school year, 3.8% less than the previous year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.

Data showed that Martinsville Community Unit School District 3C welcomed 416 students during the 2021-22 school year. Among them, white students comprised 95.1% of the student body to be the most represented ethnicity in the district.

Martinsville Community Unit School District 3C roughly covers schools within Clark County and has a main office in Martinsville.

Among the two schools in Martinsville Community Unit School District 3C, Martinsville Elementary School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2021-22 school year, with a total of 202 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	348	331	95.1%
2021	358	344	96.1%
2020	390	379	97.2%
2019	407	395	97.1%
2018	416	404	97.1%