West Central Reporter

There were 342 white students enrolled in A-C Central Community Unit School District 262 in the 2021-22 school year, 5% less than the previous year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.

Data showed that A-C Central Community Unit School District 262 welcomed 440 students during the 2021-22 school year. Among them, white students comprised 95.5% of the student body to be the most represented ethnicity in the district.

A-C Central Community Unit School District 262 roughly covers schools within Cass County and has a main office in Ashland.

Among the three schools in A-C Central Community Unit School District 262, A-C Central Elementary School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2021-22 school year, with a total of 148 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	358	342	95.5%
2021	382	360	94.2%
2020	394	376	95.4%
2019	424	400	94.3%
2018	440	413	93.9%