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
Of all the students welcomed in the 2021-22 school year, 50.1% of them were boys, and 49.9% were girls.
Data also showed that the majority of students were white, making up 79.7% of the Dixon Unit School District 170's total enrollment.
Among the five districts in Lee County, Amboy Community Unit School District 272 ranked second in enrollment numbers with 721 students, while Ashton Franklin Center Community Unit School District 275 welcomed 484 students and ranked third in the 2021-22 school year.
Dixon Unit School District 170 roughly covers schools within Lee County with its main office in Dixon.
In the previous school year, Dixon Unit School District 170 also had the highest number of students among Lee 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Dixon Unit School District 170 | Dixon | 2,463 |
| Amboy Community Unit School District 272 | Amboy | 721 |
| Ashton Franklin Center Community Unit School District 275 | Ashton | 484 |
| Lee Center Community Unit School District 271 | Paw Paw | 114 |
| Steward Elementary School District 220 | Steward | 66 |
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