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There were 350 white students enrolled in Carrier Mills Stonefort Community Unit School District 2 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 Carrier Mills Stonefort Community Unit School District 2 welcomed 440 students during the 2021-22 school year. Among them, white students comprised 78.1% of the student body to be the most represented ethnicity in the district.

Carrier Mills Stonefort Community Unit School District 2 roughly covers schools within Saline County and has a main office in Carrier Mills.

Among the two schools in Carrier Mills Stonefort Community Unit School District 2, Carrier Mills-Stonefort Elementary School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2021-22 school year, with a total of 257 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	448	350	78.1%
2021	451	349	77.4%
2020	448	358	79.9%
2019	455	357	78.5%
2018	440	337	76.6%