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There were 805 white students enrolled in Salt Fork Community Unit School District 512 in the 2021-22 school year, 0.9% more than the previous year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.

Data showed that Salt Fork Community Unit School District 512 welcomed 907 students during the 2021-22 school year. Among them, white students comprised 93.9% of the student body to be the most represented ethnicity in the district.

Salt Fork Community Unit School District 512 roughly covers schools within Vermilion County and has a main office in Catlin.

Among the four schools in Salt Fork Community Unit School District 512, Salt Fork North Elementary School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2021-22 school year, with a total of 259 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	857	805	93.9%
2021	839	798	95.1%
2020	901	857	95.1%
2019	907	864	95.3%
2018	907	865	95.4%