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, 53.1% of them were boys, and 46.9% were girls.
The most represented ethnicity among Beardstown Community Unit School District 15 students was Hispanic, accounting for 48.2% of the student population.
Among the three districts in Cass County, A-C Central Community Unit School District 262 ranked second in enrollment numbers with 358 students, while Virginia Community Unit School District 64 welcomed 314 students and ranked third in the 2021-22 school year.
Beardstown Community Unit School District 15 roughly covers schools within Cass County with its main office in Beardstown.
In the previous school year, Beardstown Community Unit School District 15 also had the highest number of students among Cass 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Beardstown Community Unit School District 15 | Beardstown | 1,406 |
| A-C Central Community Unit School District 262 | Ashland | 358 |
| Virginia Community Unit School District 64 | Virginia | 314 |
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