Southern Illinois News

There were 288 white students enrolled in Century Community Unit School District 100 in the 2021-22 school year, 0.7% less than the previous year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.

Data showed that Century Community Unit School District 100 welcomed 367 students during the 2021-22 school year. Among them, white students comprised 83.0% of the student body to be the most represented ethnicity in the district.

Century Community Unit School District 100 roughly covers schools within Pulaski County and has a main office in Ullin.

Among the two schools in Century Community Unit School District 100, Century Elementary School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2021-22 school year, with a total of 144 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	347	288	83%
2021	347	290	83.6%
2020	371	314	84.6%
2019	393	318	80.9%
2018	367	296	80.7%