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Enrollment Analysis: White students comprised 73.4% of Giant City Community Consolidated School District 130’s student body in 2021-22 school year

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IL Superintendent of Education Tony Sanders (2023) | Institute of Education Sciences

IL Superintendent of Education Tony Sanders (2023) | Institute of Education Sciences

There were 177 white students enrolled in Giant City Community Consolidated School District 130 in the 2021-22 school year, 14.2% more than the previous year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.

Data showed that Giant City Community Consolidated School District 130 welcomed 211 students during the 2021-22 school year. Among them, white students comprised 73.4% of the student body to be the most represented ethnicity in the district.

Giant City Community Consolidated School District 130 roughly covers schools within Jackson County and has a main office in Carbondale.

Giant City Elementary School is the only one school in the Giant City Community Consolidated School District 130 that recorded enrollment of white students in the 2021-22 school year, with a total of 177 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.

Ethnicities in Giant City Community Consolidated School District 130 in 2021-22 School Year

White [73.4%]Multi-racial [9.1%]Black [7.1%]Asian [5%]Ethnicities <5% [5.4%]
Enrollment Demographics in Giant City Community Consolidated School District 130 During the Last 5 Years

YearTotal District EnrollmentTotal of White StudentsWhite students %
202224117773.4%
202122515568.9%
202023816870.6%
201923718979.7%
201821117582.9%

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