Chief Education Officer Jason Helfer (2023) | Illinois State Board of education
Chief Education Officer Jason Helfer (2023) | Illinois State Board of education
Data showed that Scott-Morgan Consolidated Unit School District 2 welcomed 226 students during the 2021-22 school year. Among them, white students comprised 95.6% of the student body to be the most represented ethnicity in the district.
Scott-Morgan Consolidated Unit School District 2 roughly covers schools within Scott County and has a main office in Bluffs.
Among the three schools in Scott-Morgan Consolidated Unit School District 2, Bluffs Elementary School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2021-22 school year, with a total of 77 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 | 181 | 173 | 95.6% |
2021 | 210 | 198 | 94.3% |
2020 | 220 | 211 | 95.9% |
2019 | 236 | 227 | 96.2% |
2018 | 226 | 217 | 96% |