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There were 509 white students enrolled in Benton Consolidated High School District 103 in the 2021-22 school year, 3% more than the previous year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.

Data showed that Benton Consolidated High School District 103 welcomed 548 students during the 2021-22 school year. Among them, white students comprised 89.1% of the student body to be the most represented ethnicity in the district.

Benton Consolidated High School District 103 roughly covers schools within Franklin County and has a main office in Benton.

Benton Consolidated High School is the only one school in the Benton Consolidated High School District 103 that recorded enrollment of white students in the 2021-22 school year, with a total of 507 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	571	509	89.1%
2021	531	494	93%
2020	551	515	93.5%
2019	585	555	94.9%
2018	548	523	95.4%