East Central Reporter

Flora Community Unit School District 35 welcomed 1,329 students in the 2022-23 school year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.

This is a 2.8% increase over the previous school year.

Flora Elementary School had the largest enrollment in the district with 675 students.

Flora Community Unit School District 35 roughly covers schools within Clay County and has a main office in Flora.

In 2022, Illinois had 1,925,415 students enrolled in a total of 3,977 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 many years, reflecting demographic changes. Combined public and private K-12 enrollment dropped three percent between the 2019-2020 and 2020-2021 school year (60,900 students), far more than the typical 0.5 percent to 1.5 percent annual enrollment declines in Illinois over the last 5 years.

School	Enrollment	Change from Previous Year (%)
Floyd Henson Junior High School	284	-2.1%
Flora Elementary School	675	3.8%
Flora High School	370	4.8%