East Central Reporter

Central A & M Community Unit School District 21 welcomed 732 students in the 2023-24 school year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.

This is a 1.2% increase over the previous school year.

Gregory Intermediate School had the largest enrollment in the district with 196 students.

Central A & M Community Unit School District 21 roughly covers schools within Shelby and Christian 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 (%)
Bond Primary School	152	2.7%
Central A&M Middle School	156	-3.1%
Gregory Intermediate School	196	3.2%