IL Superintendent of Education Tony Sanders (2023) | Institute of Education Sciences
IL Superintendent of Education Tony Sanders (2023) | Institute of Education Sciences
Of all the students welcomed in the 2021-22 school year, 50.3% of them were girls, and 49.7% were boys.
Data also showed that the majority of students were Black, making up 52.2% of the Meridian Community Unit School District 101's total enrollment.
Among the two districts in Pulaski County, Century Community Unit School District 100 ranked second in enrollment numbers with 347 students.
Meridian Community Unit School District 101 roughly covers schools within Pulaski County with its main office in Mounds.
In the previous school year, Meridian Community Unit School District 101 also had the highest number of students among Pulaski 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Meridian Community Unit School District 101 | Mounds | 429 |
| Century Community Unit School District 100 | Ullin | 347 |
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