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There were 2,239 white students enrolled in Wayne County County schools in the 2021-22 school year, the same number as the previous year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.

Data showed that white students made up 95% of the 2,356 students during the 2021-22 school year. They were the most represented ethnicity in the county schools.

Among the 12 schools in Wayne County County, Fairfield Community High School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in 2021-22 school year, with a total of 402 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 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.

School name	% of White students enrolment	Total enrollment
Fairfield Community High School	95	423
Wayne City Attendance Center	97.7	355
Center Street Elementary School	92.5	319
North Side Elementary School	89.2	295
New Hope Elementary School	97.4	189
Jasper Elementary School	94.9	178
Wayne City High School	95.7	141
Johnsonville Elementary School	99	104
Cisne Middle School	97.1	104
Cisne High School	100	98
Mount Erie Elementary School	98.6	72
Geff Elementary School	91	78