Sangamon Sun

There were 3,041 white students enrolled in Logan County County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 2% more than the previous year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.

Data showed that white students made up 87.8% of the 3,465 students during the 2022-23 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 2022-23 school year, with a total of 673 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	85.6	786
Mount Pulaski Elementary School	95.2	375
Lincoln Junior High School	86.6	343
Olympia South Elementary School	88.7	328
Chester-East Lincoln Elementary School	92.3	273
West Lincoln-Broadwell Elementary School	96.1	204
Northwest Elementary School	76.6	256
Mount Pulaski High School	93.6	173
Central Elementary School	90.3	176
Washington-Monroe Elementary School	64.2	187
Hartsburg-Emden Junior-Senior High School	95.9	97
Adams Elementary School	84.1	107
Emden Elementary School	96.6	89
New Holland-Middletown Elementary School	97.2	71