Chair of the Board Dr. Steven Isoye (2023) | Illinois State Board of education
Chair of the Board Dr. Steven Isoye (2023) | Illinois State Board of education
Of all the students welcomed in the 2021-22 school year, 51.6% of them were boys, and 48.4% were girls.
Data also showed that the majority of students were white, making up 84.3% of the Harrisburg Community Unit School District 3's total enrollment.
Among the four districts in Saline County, Eldorado Community Unit School District 4 ranked second in enrollment numbers with 1,116 students, while Carrier Mills Stonefort Community Unit School District 2 welcomed 448 students and ranked third in the 2021-22 school year.
Harrisburg Community Unit School District 3 roughly covers schools within Saline County with its main office in Harrisburg.
In the previous school year, Harrisburg Community Unit School District 3 also had the highest number of students among Saline 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Harrisburg Community Unit School District 3 | Harrisburg | 1,761 |
| Eldorado Community Unit School District 4 | Eldorado | 1,116 |
| Carrier Mills Stonefort Community Unit School District 2 | Carrier Mills | 448 |
| Galatia Community Unit School District 1 | Galatia | 415 |
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