East Central Reporter

Paris-Union School District 95 had the highest enrollment among Edgar County districts, welcoming 881 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, 51.4% of them were boys, and 48.6% were girls.

Data also showed that the majority of students were white, making up 92.5% of the Paris-Union School District 95's total enrollment.

Among the six districts in Edgar County, Paris Cooperative High School ranked second in enrollment numbers with 514 students, while Paris Community Unit School District 4 welcomed 426 students and ranked third in the 2021-22 school year.

Paris-Union School District 95 roughly covers schools within Edgar County with its main office in Paris.

In the previous school year, Paris-Union School District 95 also had the highest number of students among Edgar 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
Paris-Union School District 95	Paris	881
Paris Cooperative High School	Paris	514
Paris Community Unit School District 4	Paris	426
Shiloh Community Unit School District 1	Hume	353
Edgar County Community Unit School District 6	Chrisman	301
Kansas Community Unit School District 3	Kansas	175