East Central Reporter

Mattoon Community Unit School District 2 welcomed 3,003 students in the 2023-24 school year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.

This is a 2.3% decrease from the previous school year.

Mattoon High School had the largest enrollment in the district with 907 students.

Mattoon Community Unit School District 2 roughly covers schools within Coles County and has a main office in Mattoon.

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 (%)
Riddle Elementary School	563	-7.1%
Mattoon High School	907	-5.5%
Arland D. Williams Junior Elementary School	706	5.1%
Mattoon Middle School	615	-3.9%