Sangamon Sun

The majority of students in Menard County schools were white in the 2021-22 school year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.

Of the 2,284 students attending Menard County schools, 93.5% were white. multiracial students were the second largest ethnicity, making up 2.8% of Menard County students.

In the previous school year, white students were the most common group in Menard County, representing 93.5% of the student body.

Cantrall Intermediate School had the most even distribution of races among county schools, including 89.8% white students and 5.6% multiracial students.

In the 2021-22 school year, the total number of students enrolled in public schools in the county increased 0.4% when compared to the previous year.

In the 2021-22 school year, Illinois had roughly 1.9 million students enrolled across approximately schools. There were more than 130,000 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 3% 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.

School name	Most prevalent ethnicity	Percent of Total Student Body	Total Enrolment
Athens Junior High School	White	93%	143
Athens Senior High School	White	92.3%	323
Cantrall Elementary School	White	92.1%	342
Cantrall Intermediate School	White	89.8%	216
Greenview Elementary School	White	98.9%	88
Greenview Junior/Senior High School	White	95.4%	109
Petersburg Elementary School	White	93.4%	366
Porta Central School	White	96.4%	274
Porta High School	White	94.3%	423