There were 94 multiracial students enrolled in Carbondale Community High School District 165 in the 2024-25 school year, 42.4% more than the previous year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.
Data showed that Carbondale Community High School District 165 welcomed 966 students during the 2024-25 school year. Among them, multiracial students comprised 9.7% of the student body to be the second least represented ethnicity in the district.
Carbondale Community High School District 165 roughly covers schools within Jackson County and has a main office in Carbondale.
Carbondale Community High School is the only one school in the Carbondale Community High School District 165 that recorded enrollment of multiracial students in the 2024-25 school year, with a total of 94 students.
Nationwide, public K-12 education spending has approached roughly $857 billion, with average per-student spending near $17,000, funded primarily through state and local sources. Spending varies widely by state, and Illinois ranks above the national average, with roughly $22,000 spent per student when state, local, and federal funding are combined.
Illinois public school enrollment continues a long-term downward trend. According to statewide reporting and education data analyses, total enrollment fell to about 1.85 million students as of the 2023-24 school year, and major districts such as Chicago Public Schools saw further declines—for example, CPS reported a drop of more than 9,000 students between the 2024-25 and 2025-26 counts.
| Year | Total District Enrollment | Total of Multiracial Students | Multiracial students (%) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 966 | 94 | 9.7% |
| 2023-24 | 947 | 66 | 7% |
| 2022-23 | 938 | 81 | 8.6% |
| 2021-22 | 930 | 62 | 6.7% |
| 2020-21 | 947 | 45 | 4.8% |
Information in this article was obtained from the Illinois Report Card. The source data can be found here.
