Chambana Sun

There were 2,856 white students enrolled in Mahomet-Seymour Community Unit School District 3 in the 2021-22 school year, 4.7% more than the previous year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.

Data showed that Mahomet-Seymour Community Unit School District 3 welcomed 3,113 students during the 2021-22 school year. Among them, white students comprised 85.9% of the student body to be the most represented ethnicity in the district.

Mahomet-Seymour Community Unit School District 3 roughly covers schools within Champaign County and has a main office in Mahomet.

Among the four schools in Mahomet-Seymour Community Unit School District 3, Mahomet-Seymour High School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2021-22 school year, with a total of 871 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	3,325	2,856	85.9%
2021	3,170	2,727	86%
2020	3,220	2,784	86.5%
2019	3,181	2,768	87%
2018	3,113	2,746	88.2%