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 Grand Prairie Community Consolidated School District 6 welcomed 78 students during the 2021-22 school year. Among them, white students comprised 90.9% of the student body to be the most represented ethnicity in the district.
Grand Prairie Community Consolidated School District 6 roughly covers schools within Jefferson County and has a main office in Centralia.
Grand Prairie Elementary School is the only one school in the Grand Prairie Community Consolidated School District 6 that recorded enrollment of white students in the 2021-22 school year, with a total of 80 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 | 88 | 80 | 90.9% |
| 2021 | 73 | 66 | 90.4% |
| 2020 | 76 | 64 | 84.2% |
| 2019 | 77 | 70 | 90.9% |
| 2018 | 78 | 69 | 88.5% |
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