IL Superintendent of Education Tony Sanders (2023) | Illinois State Board of education
IL Superintendent of Education Tony Sanders (2023) | Illinois State Board of education
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 90.7% of the Lawrence County Community Unit School District 20's total enrollment.
Among the two districts in Lawrence County, Red Hill Community Unit School District 10 ranked second in enrollment numbers with 940 students.
Lawrence County Community Unit School District 20 roughly covers schools within Lawrence County with its main office in Lawrenceville.
In the previous school year, Lawrence County Community Unit School District 20 also had the highest number of students among Lawrence 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Lawrence County Community Unit School District 20 | Lawrenceville | 1,082 |
| Red Hill Community Unit School District 10 | Bridgeport | 940 |
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