Edwards County Community Unit School District 1 Principal Mr. David Cowger (2023) | Edwards County Community Unit School District 1
Edwards County Community Unit School District 1 Principal Mr. David Cowger (2023) | Edwards County Community Unit School District 1
Of the 793 students attending Edwards County district schools, 95.6% were white. Multi-racial students were the second largest ethnicity, making up 3% of Edwards County's districts students.
In the previous school year, white students were the most common group in Edwards County's school district, representing 95.4% of the student body.
In the 2021-22 school year, the total number of students enrolled in public school district in the county dropped 1.4% when compared to the previous year.
There is only one school district within Edwards County, with its head office located in Albion.
In the 2021-22 school year, Illinois had roughly 1.9 million students enrolled across approximately schools. There were more than 130,000 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 3% 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.
District | Most prevalent ethnicity | Percent of Total Student Body | Total Enrolment |
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Edwards County Community Unit School District 1 | White | 95.6% | 793 |