East Central Reporter

Central A & M Community Unit School District 21 welcomed 723 students in the 2022-23 school year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.

This is a 4.2% increase over the previous school year.

Central A&M High School had the largest enrollment in the district with 218 students.

Central A & M Community Unit School District 21 roughly covers schools within Christian and Shelby Counties and has a main office in Assumption.

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 (%)
Central A&M High School	218	-2.2%
Gregory Intermediate School	190	1.1%
Bond Primary School	148	11.3%
Central A&M Middle School	161	10.3%