Sangamon Sun

There were 940 white students enrolled in Athens Community Unit School District 213 in the 2021-22 school year, 2.6% less than the previous year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.

Data showed that Athens Community Unit School District 213 welcomed 1,120 students during the 2021-22 school year. Among them, white students comprised 91.8% of the student body to be the most represented ethnicity in the district.

Athens Community Unit School District 213 roughly covers schools within Menard County and has a main office in Athens.

Among the four schools in Athens Community Unit School District 213, Cantrall Elementary School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2021-22 school year, with a total of 315 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	1,024	940	91.8%
2021	1,045	965	92.3%
2020	1,083	1,011	93.4%
2019	1,128	1,053	93.4%
2018	1,120	1,046	93.4%