Carbondale Reporter

There were 462 white students enrolled in Carbondale Community High School District 165 in the 2021-22 school year, 1.7% less than the previous year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.

Data showed that Carbondale Community High School District 165 welcomed 1,009 students during the 2021-22 school year. Among them, white students comprised 49.7% of the student body to be the most 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 white students in the 2021-22 school year, with a total of 462 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.

Year	Total District Enrollment	Total of White Students	White students %
2022	930	462	49.7%
2021	947	470	49.6%
2020	988	520	52.6%
2019	1,004	522	52%
2018	1,009	535	53%