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There were 522 white students enrolled in Bismarck-Henning Consolidated Unit School District in the 2021-22 school year, 4.8% more than the previous year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.

Data showed that Bismarck-Henning Consolidated Unit School District welcomed 599 students during the 2021-22 school year. Among them, white students comprised 90.8% of the student body to be the most represented ethnicity in the district.

Bismarck-Henning Consolidated Unit School District roughly covers schools within Vermilion County and has a main office in Bismarck.

Among the two schools in Bismarck-Henning Consolidated Unit School District, Bismarck-Henning Elementary School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2021-22 school year, with a total of 276 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	575	522	90.8%
2021	556	498	89.6%
2020	585	526	89.9%
2019	595	532	89.4%
2018	599	540	90.2%