East Central Reporter

There were 924 white students enrolled in Arthur Community Unit School District 305 in the 2021-22 school year, 3.5% less than the previous year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.

Data showed that Arthur Community Unit School District 305 welcomed 1,236 students during the 2021-22 school year. Among them, white students comprised 90.2% of the student body to be the most represented ethnicity in the district.

Arthur Community Unit School District 305 roughly covers schools within Douglas County and has a main office in Arthur.

Among the four schools in Arthur Community Unit School District 305, Arthur-Lovington/Atwood-Hammond High School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2021-22 school year, with a total of 279 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	1,024	924	90.2%
2021	1,054	958	90.9%
2020	1,143	1,059	92.7%
2019	1,203	1,124	93.4%
2018	1,236	1,171	94.7%