Sangamon Sun

The majority of students in Logan County schools were white in the 2022-23 school year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.

Of the 3,465 students attending Logan County schools, 87.8% were white. multiracial students were the second largest ethnicity, making up 4.9% of Logan County students.

In the previous school year, white students were also the most common group in Logan County, representing 90.3% of the student body.

Lincoln Community High School and Washington-Monroe Elementary School had the most diverse student body in Logan County, including African American, Hispanic, multiracial, and white.

In the 2022-23 school year, the total number of students enrolled in public schools in the county increased by 0.8% 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.

Illinois has increased its state funding for public schools by $350 million, bringing the total to $8.6 billion for the upcoming year. This is in line with a 2017 law aiming to provide adequate funding to all schools by 2027.

However, experts suggest that this goal may be delayed unless education funding jumps to at least $550 million. According to a Center for Tax and Budget Accountability report, there’s currently a funding gap of about $2.3 billion.

School name	Most prevalent ethnicity	Percent of Total Student Body	Total Enrollment
Adams Elementary School	White	84.1%	107
Central Elementary School	White	90.3%	176
Chester-East Lincoln Elementary School	White	92.3%	273
Emden Elementary School	White	96.6%	89
Hartsburg-Emden Junior-Senior High School	White	95.9%	97
Lincoln Community High School	White	85.6%	786
Lincoln Junior High School	White	86.6%	343
Mount Pulaski Elementary School	White	95.2%	375
Mount Pulaski High School	White	93.6%	173
New Holland-Middletown Elementary School	White	97.2%	71
Northwest Elementary School	White	76.6%	256
Olympia South Elementary School	White	88.7%	328
Washington-Monroe Elementary School	White	64.2%	187
West Lincoln-Broadwell Elementary School	White	96.1%	204