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Jason Helfer Chief Education Officer - Instruction | Twitter
This is a 2.9% decrease from the previous school year.
Charleston High School had the largest enrollment in the district with 713 students.
Charleston Community Unit School District 1 roughly covers schools within Coles County and has a main office in Charleston.
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 (%) |
|---|---|---|
| Ashmore Elementary School | 82 | -4.7% |
| Jefferson Elementary School | 539 | -0.4% |
| Charleston High School | 713 | -5.4% |
| Charleston Middle School | 383 | -0.8% |
| Mark Twain Elementary School | 189 | -17.5% |
| Carl Sandburg Elementary School | 547 | 3.4% |
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