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White County schools welcomed 2,270 students in the 2021-22 school year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.

This is a decrease of 1.2% from the previous school year.

White County had the 32nd lowest enrollment numbers in the state.

According to the data, the student body comprised of 50.1% boys, and 49.9% girls.

Most of the students enrolled in the county were white, representing 94.4% of its student body.

Within White County, Norris City-Omaha-Enfield Elementary School had the highest enrollment in the school year, welcoming 392 students.

In 2022, Illinois had almost 2 million students enrolled in nearly 4,000 schools. There was roughly one teacher for every 15 students, slightly better than the national average of 1:16.

K-12 enrollment has been declining in Illinois for many years, reflecting the state's 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 five years.

School	City	Enrollment
Booth Elementary School	Enfield	97
Carmi-White County High School	Carmi	371
Carmi-White County Junior High School	Carmi	208
Grayville Junior Senior High School	Grayville	132
Jefferson Attendance Center	Carmi	176
Lincoln Attendance Center	Carmi	202
Norris City-Omaha-Enfield Elementary School	Norris City	392
Norris City-Omaha-Enfield High School	Norris City	195
Pre-Kindergarten Facility	Carmi	79
Washington Attendance Center	Carmi	292
Wells Elementary School	Grayville	126