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There were 2,750 white students enrolled in Logan County school districts in the 2022-23 school year, 2.5% more than the previous year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.

Data showed that white students made up 87.7% of the 3,137 students in the county. They were the most represented ethnicity at the time.

Among the seven districts in Logan County, Lincoln Elementary School District 27 recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 862 students.

The main offices of all districts mentioned in the story are located in cities associated with Logan County.

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.

District	white Student Enrollment Percentage	Total enrollment
Lincoln Elementary School District 27	80.6%	1,069
Lincoln Community High School District 404	85.6%	786
Mount Pulaski Community Unit School District 23	94.7%	548
Chester-East Lincoln Community Consolidated School District 61	92.3%	273
West Lincoln-Broadwell Elementary School District 92	96.1%	204
Hartsburg Emden Community Unit School District 21	96.2%	186
New Holland-Middletown Elementary School District 88	97.2%	71