Chair of the Board Dr. Steven Isoye (2023) | Illinois State Board of education
Chair of the Board Dr. Steven Isoye (2023) | Illinois State Board of education
Of all the students welcomed in the 2021-22 school year, 56.4% of them were boys, and 43.6% were girls.
Data also showed that the majority of students were white, making up 95.5% of the Calhoun Community Unit School District 40's total enrollment.
Among the two districts in Calhoun County, Brussels Community Unit School District 42 ranked second in enrollment numbers with 107 students.
Calhoun Community Unit School District 40 roughly covers schools within Calhoun County with its main office in Hardin.
In the previous school year, Calhoun Community Unit School District 40 also had the highest number of students among Calhoun County districts.
In 2022, Illinois had 1,925,415 students enrolled in a total of almost 4,000 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 several years, influenced by demographic changes. Between the 2019–2020 and 2020–2021 school years, public and private K-12 enrollment fell by 3% (60,900 students), a significantly larger decline than the typical 0.5% to 1.5% annual decreases seen in the state over the last five years.
| District | City (main office) | Total Enrollment |
|---|---|---|
| Calhoun Community Unit School District 40 | Hardin | 489 |
| Brussels Community Unit School District 42 | Brussels | 107 |
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