East Central Reporter

There were 327 white students enrolled in Beecher City Community Unit School District 20 in the 2021-22 school year, 8.3% more than the previous year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.

Data showed that Beecher City Community Unit School District 20 welcomed 295 students during the 2021-22 school year. Among them, white students comprised 94.5% of the student body to be the most represented ethnicity in the district.

Beecher City Community Unit School District 20 roughly covers schools within Effingham County and has a main office in Beecher City.

Among the two schools in Beecher City Community Unit School District 20, Beecher City Grade School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2021-22 school year, with a total of 165 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	346	327	94.5%
2021	320	302	94.4%
2020	325	310	95.4%
2019	335	319	95.2%
2018	295	284	96.3%