East Central Reporter

Cumberland Community Unit School District 77 had the highest enrollment among Cumberland County districts, welcoming 988 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, 52.9% of them were boys, and 47.1% were girls.

Data also showed that the majority of students were white, making up 96.4% of the Cumberland Community Unit School District 77's total enrollment.

Among the two districts in Cumberland County, Neoga Community Unit School District 3 ranked second in enrollment numbers with 483 students.

Cumberland Community Unit School District 77 roughly covers schools within Cumberland County with its main office in Toledo.

In the previous school year, Cumberland Community Unit School District 77 also had the highest number of students among Cumberland 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
Cumberland Community Unit School District 77	Toledo	988
Neoga Community Unit School District 3	Neoga	483