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
Data showed that Meridian Community Unit School District 101 welcomed 456 students during the 2021-22 school year. Among them, white students comprised 36.1% of the student body to be the second most represented ethnicity in the district.
Meridian Community Unit School District 101 roughly covers schools within Pulaski County and has a main office in Mounds.
Among the two schools in Meridian Community Unit School District 101, Meridian Elementary School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2021-22 school year, with a total of 109 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 | 429 | 155 | 36.1% |
| 2021 | 445 | 154 | 34.6% |
| 2020 | 443 | 143 | 32.3% |
| 2019 | 457 | 156 | 34.1% |
| 2018 | 456 | 149 | 32.7% |
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