Steven Isoye State Board of Education Chairperson | linkedin.com
Steven Isoye State Board of Education Chairperson | linkedin.com
Data showed that multiracial students made up 7.5% of the 5,556 students in the county. They were the third most represented ethnicity at the time.
Among the 14 districts in Jefferson County, Mount Vernon School District 80 recorded the highest enrollment of multiracial students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 229 students.
The main offices of all districts mentioned in the story are located in cities associated with Jefferson 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 | multiracial Student Enrollment Percentage | Total enrollment |
|---|---|---|
| Mount Vernon School District 80 | 15.3% | 1,499 |
| Mount Vernon Township High School District 201 | 9.3% | 1,177 |
| Woodlawn Unit School District 209 | 4.7% | 509 |
| Summersville School District 79 | 5.2% | 305 |
| Rome Community Consolidated School District 2 | 4.3% | 349 |
| Field Community Consolidated School District 3 | 4.4% | 274 |
| Waltonville Community Unit School District 1 | 3.2% | 311 |
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