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There were 4,240 white students enrolled in Jefferson County school districts in the 2022-23 school year, 0.8% more than the previous year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.

Data showed that white students made up 76.3% of the 5,556 students in the county. They were the most represented ethnicity at the time.

Among the 14 districts in Jefferson County, Mount Vernon Township High School District 201 recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 837 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	white Student Enrollment Percentage	Total enrollment
Mount Vernon Township High School District 201	71.1%	1,177
Mount Vernon School District 80	47.8%	1,499
Woodlawn Unit School District 209	92.9%	509
Bluford Unit School District 318	96.9%	384
Rome Community Consolidated School District 2	93.1%	349
Waltonville Community Unit School District 1	95.8%	311
Summersville School District 79	90.2%	305
Field Community Consolidated School District 3	93.8%	274
Spring Garden Community Consolidated School District 178	94.5%	236
Opdyke-Belle Rive Community Consolidated School District 5	95%	159
Bethel School District 82	83.3%	156
Grand Prairie Community Consolidated School District 6	88%	83
McClellan Community Consolidated School District 12	96.9%	65
Farrington Community Consolidated School District 99	93.9%	49