South Central Reporter

There were 119 white students enrolled in Ashley Community Consolidated School District 15 in the 2021-22 school year, 3.5% more than the previous year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.

Data showed that Ashley Community Consolidated School District 15 welcomed 167 students during the 2021-22 school year. Among them, white students comprised 93.7% of the student body to be the most represented ethnicity in the district.

Ashley Community Consolidated School District 15 roughly covers schools within Washington County and has a main office in Ashley.

Ashley Community Consolidated School is the only one school in the Ashley Community Consolidated School District 15 that recorded enrollment of white students in the 2021-22 school year, with a total of 119 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	127	119	93.7%
2021	119	115	96.6%
2020	137	134	97.8%
2019	157	151	96.2%
2018	167	161	96.4%