Chief Education Officer Jason Helfer (2023) | Illinois State Board of education
Chief Education Officer Jason Helfer (2023) | Illinois State Board of education
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 |
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