Kankakee Times

Central Community Unit School District 4 had the highest enrollment among Iroquois County districts, welcoming 948 students during the 2021-22 school year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.

Of all the students welcomed in the 2021-22 school year, 50.4% of them were girls, and 49.6% were boys.

Data also showed that the majority of students were white, making up 89.1% of the Central Community Unit School District 4's total enrollment.

Among the seven districts in Iroquois County, Iroquois County Community Unit School District 9 ranked second in enrollment numbers with 904 students, while Iroquois West Community Unit School District 10 welcomed 841 students and ranked third in the 2021-22 school year.

Central Community Unit School District 4 roughly covers schools within Iroquois County with its main office in Ashkum.

In the previous school year, Central Community Unit School District 4 also had the highest number of students among Iroquois 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
Central Community Unit School District 4	Ashkum	948
Iroquois County Community Unit School District 9	Watseka	904
Iroquois West Community Unit School District 10	Gilman	841
Milford Area Public Schools District 124	Milford	509
Donovan Community Unit School District 3	Donovan	267
Cissna Park Community Unit School District 6	Cissna Park	264
Crescent Iroquois Community Unit School District 249	Crescent City	66