East Central Reporter

Robinson Community Unit School District 2 had the highest enrollment among Crawford County districts, welcoming 1,548 students during the 2021-22 school year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.

Of all the students welcomed in the 2021-22 school year, 50.5% of them were boys, and 49.5% were girls.

Data also showed that the majority of students were white, making up 90.8% of the Robinson Community Unit School District 2's total enrollment.

Among the four districts in Crawford County, Oblong Community Unit School District 4 ranked second in enrollment numbers with 578 students, while Hutsonville Community Unit School District 1 welcomed 314 students and ranked third in the 2021-22 school year.

Robinson Community Unit School District 2 roughly covers schools within Crawford County with its main office in Robinson.

In the previous school year, Robinson Community Unit School District 2 also had the highest number of students among Crawford County districts.

In 2022, Illinois had 1,925,415 students enrolled in a total of almost 4,000 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 several years, influenced by demographic changes. Between the 2019–2020 and 2020–2021 school years, public and private K-12 enrollment fell by 3% (60,900 students), a significantly larger decline than the typical 0.5% to 1.5% annual decreases seen in the state over the last five years.

District	City (main office)	Total Enrollment
Robinson Community Unit School District 2	Robinson	1,548
Oblong Community Unit School District 4	Oblong	578
Hutsonville Community Unit School District 1	Hutsonville	314
Palestine Community Unit School District 3	Palestine	304