IL Superintendent of Education Tony Sanders (2023) | Institute of Education Sciences
IL Superintendent of Education Tony Sanders (2023) | Institute of Education Sciences
Of all the students welcomed in the 2021-22 school year, 52.5% of them were boys, and 47.5% were girls.
Data also showed that the majority of students were white, making up 93.5% of the Vandalia Community Unit School District 203's total enrollment.
Among the four districts in Fayette County, Ramsey Community Unit School District 204 ranked second in enrollment numbers with 413 students, while St. Elmo Community Unit School District 202 welcomed 409 students and ranked third in the 2021-22 school year.
Vandalia Community Unit School District 203 roughly covers schools within Fayette County with its main office in Vandalia.
In the previous school year, Vandalia Community Unit School District 203 also had the highest number of students among Fayette County districts.
In 2022, Illinois had 1,925,415 students enrolled in a total of almost 4,000 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 several years, influenced by demographic changes. Between the 2019–2020 and 2020–2021 school years, public and private K-12 enrollment fell by 3% (60,900 students), a significantly larger decline than the typical 0.5% to 1.5% annual decreases seen in the state over the last five years.
| District | City (main office) | Total Enrollment |
|---|---|---|
| Vandalia Community Unit School District 203 | Vandalia | 1,378 |
| Ramsey Community Unit School District 204 | Ramsey | 413 |
| St. Elmo Community Unit School District 202 | St. Elmo | 409 |
| Brownstown Community Unit School District 201 | Brownstown | 390 |
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