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, 50.4% of them were boys, and 49.6% were girls.
Data also showed that the majority of students were white, making up 91.9% of the Taylorville Community Unit School District 3's total enrollment.
Among the five districts in Christian County, Pana Community Unit School District 8 ranked second in enrollment numbers with 1,145 students, while South Fork School District 14 welcomed 307 students and ranked third in the 2021-22 school year.
Taylorville Community Unit School District 3 roughly covers schools within Christian County with its main office in Taylorville.
In the previous school year, Taylorville Community Unit School District 3 also had the highest number of students among Christian 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Taylorville Community Unit School District 3 | Taylorville | 2,247 |
| Pana Community Unit School District 8 | Pana | 1,145 |
| South Fork School District 14 | Kincaid | 307 |
| Morrisonville Community Unit School District 1 | Morrisonville | 277 |
| Edinburg Community Unit School District 4 | Edinburg | 224 |
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