Carbondale Reporter

There were 376 white students enrolled in Carbondale Elementary School District 95 in the 2021-22 school year, the same number as the previous year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.

Data showed that Carbondale Elementary School District 95 welcomed 1,536 students during the 2021-22 school year. Among them, white students comprised 24.9% of the student body to be the second most represented ethnicity in the district.

Carbondale Elementary School District 95 roughly covers schools within Jackson County and has a main office in Carbondale.

Among the four schools in Carbondale Elementary School District 95, Carbondale Middle School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2021-22 school year, with a total of 134 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	1,513	376	24.9%
2021	1,518	376	24.8%
2020	1,534	413	26.9%
2019	1,512	419	27.7%
2018	1,536	432	28.1%