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There were 342 white students enrolled in Rome Community Consolidated School District 2 in the 2021-22 school year, 6% less than the previous year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.

Data showed that Rome Community Consolidated School District 2 welcomed 382 students during the 2021-22 school year. Among them, white students comprised 93.4% of the student body to be the most represented ethnicity in the district.

Rome Community Consolidated School District 2 roughly covers schools within Jefferson County and has a main office in Dix.

Rome Community Consolidated Elementary School is the only one school in the Rome Community Consolidated School District 2 that recorded enrollment of white students in the 2021-22 school year, with a total of 342 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	366	342	93.4%
2021	396	364	91.9%
2020	408	369	90.4%
2019	403	370	91.8%
2018	382	356	93.2%