South Central Reporter

There were 1,453 white students enrolled in Hillsboro Community Unit School District 3 in the 2021-22 school year, 0.7% less than the previous year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.

Data showed that Hillsboro Community Unit School District 3 welcomed 1,687 students during the 2021-22 school year. Among them, white students comprised 93.0% of the student body to be the most represented ethnicity in the district.

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

Among the four schools in Hillsboro Community Unit School District 3, Beckemeyer Elementary School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2021-22 school year, with a total of 594 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	1,563	1,453	93%
2021	1,561	1,463	93.7%
2020	1,583	1,473	93.1%
2019	1,692	1,583	93.6%
2018	1,687	1,592	94.4%