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There were 1,005 white students enrolled in Porta Community Unit School District 202 in the 2021-22 school year, 4.6% more than the previous year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.

Data showed that Porta Community Unit School District 202 welcomed 1,145 students during the 2021-22 school year. Among them, white students comprised 94.5% of the student body to be the most represented ethnicity in the district.

Porta Community Unit School District 202 roughly covers schools within Menard County and has a main office in Petersburg.

Among the three schools in Porta Community Unit School District 202, Porta High School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2021-22 school year, with a total of 399 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	1,063	1,005	94.5%
2021	1,023	961	93.9%
2020	1,127	1,055	93.6%
2019	1,128	1,058	93.8%
2018	1,145	1,082	94.5%