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There were 481 white students enrolled in Mount Pulaski Community Unit School District 23 in the 2021-22 school year, 0.4% more than the previous year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.

Data showed that Mount Pulaski Community Unit School District 23 welcomed 514 students during the 2021-22 school year. Among them, white students comprised 95.2% of the student body to be the most represented ethnicity in the district.

Mount Pulaski Community Unit School District 23 roughly covers schools within Logan County and has a main office in Mount Pulaski.

Among the two schools in Mount Pulaski Community Unit School District 23, Mount Pulaski Elementary School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2021-22 school year, with a total of 332 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	505	481	95.2%
2021	502	479	95.4%
2020	511	482	94.3%
2019	523	500	95.6%
2018	514	489	95.1%