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Olympia Community Unit School District 16 enrollment in 2023-24 school year

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Steven Isoye State Board of Education Chairperson | linkedin.com

Steven Isoye State Board of Education Chairperson | linkedin.com

Olympia Community Unit School District 16 welcomed 1,734 students in the 2023-24 school year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.

This is a 0.3% decrease from the previous school year.

Olympia High School had the largest enrollment in the district with 487 students.

Olympia Community Unit School District 16 roughly covers schools within McLean, Tazewell, and Logan Counties and has a main office in Stanford.

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 2019-2020 and 2020-2021 school year (60,900 students), far more than the typical 0.5 percent to 1.5 percent annual enrollment declines in Illinois over the last 5 years.

Enrollment in Olympia Community Unit School District 16 Over 4 Years
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Student Enrollment in Olympia Community Unit School District 16 Schools, 2023-24 School Year

SchoolEnrollmentChange from Previous Year (%)
Olympia North Elementary School287-0.3%
Olympia South Elementary School3414%
Olympia West Elementary School2562.4%
Olympia High School487-0.8%

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