East Central Reporter

There were 296 white students enrolled in Palestine Community Unit School District 3 in the 2021-22 school year, 1% more than the previous year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.

Data showed that Palestine Community Unit School District 3 welcomed 304 students during the 2021-22 school year. Among them, white students comprised 97.4% of the student body to be the most represented ethnicity in the district.

Palestine Community Unit School District 3 roughly covers schools within Crawford County and has a main office in Palestine.

Among the two schools in Palestine Community Unit School District 3, Palestine Grade School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2021-22 school year, with a total of 212 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	304	296	97.4%
2021	301	293	97.3%
2020	297	290	97.6%
2019	312	307	98.4%
2018	304	300	98.7%