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There were 5,231 white students enrolled in Franklin County school districts in the 2021-22 school year, 0.3% more than the previous year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.

Data showed that white students made up 93.9% of the 5,570 students in Franklin County during the 2021-22 school year. They were the most represented ethnicity.

Among the nine districts in Franklin County, Frankfort Community Unit School District 168 recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2021-22 school year, with a total of 1,401 students.

The main offices of all districts mentioned in the story are located in cities associated with Franklin 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	% of white students enrolment	Total enrollment
Frankfort Community Unit School District 168	93.8%	1,493
Benton Community Consolidated School District 47	94.3%	1,084
Christopher Community Unit School District 99	95%	695
Sesser-Valier Community Unit School District 196	92.8%	596
Benton Consolidated High School District 103	89.1%	571
Zeigler-Royalton Community Unit School District 188	92.9%	507
Thompsonville Community Unit School District 174	100%	313
Ewing Northern Community Consolidated School District 115	96.8%	217
Akin Community Consolidated School District 91	97.9%	94