East Central Reporter

Arthur Community Unit School District 305 welcomed 982 students in the 2022-23 school year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.

This is a 4.1% decrease from the previous school year.

Arthur-Lovington/Atwood-Hammond High School had the largest enrollment in the district with 307 students.

Arthur Community Unit School District 305 roughly covers schools within Piatt, Douglas, and Moultrie Counties and has a main office in Arthur.

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 (%)
Arthur Grade School	284	-4.4%
Lovington Grade School	157	-9.2%
Arthur-Lovington/Atwood-Hammond High School	307	3%
Atwood-Hammond Grade School	234	-8.6%