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There were 7,010 white students enrolled in Vermilion County school districts in the 2022-23 school year, 2% more than the previous year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.

Data showed that white students made up 63.1% of the 11,118 students in the county. They were the most represented ethnicity at the time.

Among the 12 districts in Vermilion County, Danville Community Consolidated School District 118 recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 1,472 students.

The main offices of all districts mentioned in the story are located in cities associated with Vermilion County.

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.

District	white Student Enrollment Percentage	Total enrollment
Danville Community Consolidated School District 118	31.1%	4,726
Westville Community Unit School District 2	88.6%	1,173
Hoopeston Area Community Unit School District 11	73.9%	1,110
Salt Fork Community Unit School District 512	92.2%	855
Georgetown-Ridge Farm Consolidated Unit School District 4	89.1%	860
Oakwood Community Unit School District 76	88.7%	855
Bismarck-Henning Consolidated Unit School District	91.3%	553
Bismarck-Henning Rossville-Alvin Cooperative High School	85.1%	363
Rossville-Alvin Community Unit School District 7	84.9%	258
Potomac Community Unit School District 10	89.8%	147
Armstrong Township High School District 225	92.5%	134
Armstrong-Ellis Consolidated School District 61	92.9%	84