Carbondale Reporter

There were 460 white students enrolled in Crab Orchard Community Unit School District 3 in the 2021-22 school year, 0.4% less than the previous year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.

Data showed that Crab Orchard Community Unit School District 3 welcomed 512 students during the 2021-22 school year. Among them, white students comprised 95.8% of the student body to be the most represented ethnicity in the district.

Crab Orchard Community Unit School District 3 roughly covers schools within Williamson County and has a main office in Marion.

Among the two schools in Crab Orchard Community Unit School District 3, Crab Orchard Elementary School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2021-22 school year, with a total of 313 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	480	460	95.8%
2021	476	462	97.1%
2020	521	508	97.5%
2019	502	490	97.6%
2018	512	498	97.3%