Chambana Sun

There were 11,799 white students enrolled in Champaign County County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 0.7% more than the previous year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.

Data showed that white students made up 48.5% of the 24,332 students during the 2022-23 school year. They were the most represented ethnicity in the county schools.

Among the 52 schools in Champaign County County, Mahomet-Seymour High School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in 2022-23 school year, with a total of 846 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 3% 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.

School name	% of White students enrolment	Total enrollment
Mahomet-Seymour High School	85.9	985
Middletown Prairie Elementary	85.4	817
Lincoln Trail Elementary School	86.5	790
Mahomet-Seymour Junior High School	83.1	809
Central High School	38.7	1,536
Unity High School	89.6	521
St. Joseph Elementary School	94.3	476
St. Joseph-Ogden High School	92.5	456
Centennial High School	29.5	1,376
Urbana High School	32.3	1,179
Unity West School	83.7	423
St. Joseph Middle School	92.5	346
Edison Middle School	44.3	693
Unity Junior High School	89.2	342
Fisher Grade School	93.1	319
Rantoul Township High School	35.4	833
Fisher Junior/Senior High School	93	285
Urbana Middle School	25.4	890
Heritage Junior High And Elementary School	86.2	247
Jefferson Middle School	28.6	732
Carrie Busey Elementary School	45.4	458
Bottenfield Elementary School	45	451
Unity East School	87.4	231
Robeson Elementary School	37.3	459
Leal Elementary School	42.6	390
South Side Elementary School	53.1	288
Franklin Middle School	21.4	669
Gifford Grade School	87.2	164
Kenwood Elementary School	41.3	344
Westview Elementary School	32.3	433
J.W. Eater Junior High School	24.5	510
Vernon L. Barkstall Elementary School	31.9	385
Prairieview-Ogden South Elementary School	95.3	128
Heritage High School	87.7	130
Thomasboro Grade School	77.1	140
Yankee Ridge Elementary School	26.1	399
Thomas Paine Elementary School	37.8	275
Northview Elementary School	37.7	260
Dr. Howard Elementary School	24.4	393
International Prep Academy	16.4	567
Dr. Preston L. Williams Junior Elementary School	20.7	435
Prairieview-Ogden North Elementary School	98.8	86
Pleasant Acres Elementary School	21.7	360
Broadmeadow Elementary School	27.2	228
Stratton Elementary School	12.6	475
Prairieview-Ogden Junior High School	94.3	53
Washington Elementary School	13.2	365
Wiley Elementary School	20.6	228
Eastlawn Elementary School	12	309
Ludlow Elementary School	47.5	61
M.L. King Junior Elementary School	8.2	292
Garden Hills Elementary School	7.1	311