Sangamon Sun

There were 3,103 white students enrolled in Logan County County schools in the 2021-22 school year, 0.3% more than the previous year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.

Data showed that white students made up 90.3% of the 3,438 students during the 2021-22 school year. They were the most represented ethnicity in the county schools.

Among the 14 schools in Logan County County, Lincoln Community High School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in 2021-22 school year, with a total of 730 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 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	% of White students enrolment	Total enrollment
Lincoln Community High School	88.2	828
Mount Pulaski Elementary School	96	346
Lincoln Junior High School	94.7	340
Olympia South Elementary School	90.4	312
Chester-East Lincoln Elementary School	91.9	284
West Lincoln-Broadwell Elementary School	99.1	214
Northwest Elementary School	82.2	241
Mount Pulaski High School	93.7	159
Washington-Monroe Elementary School	73.3	195
Central Elementary School	85.1	161
Hartsburg-Emden Junior-Senior High School	97.1	102
New Holland-Middletown Elementary School	97.6	84
Emden Elementary School	97.6	83
Adams Elementary School	84.3	89