South Central Reporter

There were 2,065 white students enrolled in Taylorville Community Unit School District 3 in the 2021-22 school year, 1.7% less than the previous year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.

Data showed that Taylorville Community Unit School District 3 welcomed 2,542 students during the 2021-22 school year. Among them, white students comprised 91.9% of the student body to be the most represented ethnicity in the district.

Taylorville Community Unit School District 3 roughly covers schools within Christian County and has a main office in Taylorville.

Among the four schools in Taylorville Community Unit School District 3, Taylorville Senior High School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2021-22 school year, with a total of 725 students.

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 2019-20 and 2020–21 school years (60,900 students), far more than the typical 0.5% to 1.5% annual enrollment declines in Illinois over the last 5 years.

Year	Total District Enrollment	Total of White Students	White students %
2022	2,247	2,065	91.9%
2021	2,285	2,101	91.9%
2020	2,392	2,213	92.5%
2019	2,455	2,263	92.2%
2018	2,542	2,350	92.4%