Vice Chair of the Board Dr. Donna S. Leak (2023) | Illinois State Board of education
Vice Chair of the Board Dr. Donna S. Leak (2023) | Illinois State Board of education
Of all the students welcomed in the 2021-22 school year, 53.8% of them were boys, and 46.2% were girls.
Data also showed that the majority of students were white, making up 83.9% of the Paxton-Buckley-Loda Community Unit School District 10's total enrollment.
Among the two districts in Ford County, Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley Community Unit School District 5 ranked second in enrollment numbers with 957 students.
Paxton-Buckley-Loda Community Unit School District 10 roughly covers schools within Ford County with its main office in Paxton.
In the previous school year, Paxton-Buckley-Loda Community Unit School District 10 also had the highest number of students among Ford 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Paxton-Buckley-Loda Community Unit School District 10 | Paxton | 1,276 |
| Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley Community Unit School District 5 | Gibson City | 957 |
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