West Central Reporter

There were 311 white students enrolled in Illini West High School District 307 in the 2021-22 school year, 9.1% more than the previous year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.

Data showed that Illini West High School District 307 welcomed 341 students during the 2021-22 school year. Among them, white students comprised 92.3% of the student body to be the most represented ethnicity in the district.

Illini West High School District 307 roughly covers schools within Hancock County and has a main office in Carthage.

Illini West High School is the only one school in the Illini West High School District 307 that recorded enrollment of white students in the 2021-22 school year, with a total of 311 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 three percent 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.

Year	Total District Enrollment	Total of White Students	White students %
2022	337	311	92.3%
2021	306	285	93.1%
2020	301	281	93.4%
2019	336	334	99.4%
2018	341	330	96.8%