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White County schools welcomed 2,159 students in the 2022-23 school year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.

This is a decrease of 1.5% from the previous school year, when there were 2,191 students enrolled in the county.

White County had the 29th lowest enrollment numbers in the state.

Of all the students welcomed at the time, 50.2% identified as female, and 49.8% as male.

Most of the students enrolled in the county were white, representing 94.2% of its student body.

Within White County, Norris City-Omaha-Enfield Elementary School had the highest enrollment in the school year, welcoming 381 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	104
Carmi-White County High School	Carmi	379
Carmi-White County Junior High School	Carmi	209
Grayville Junior Senior High School	Grayville	136
Jefferson Attendance Center	Carmi	192
Lincoln Attendance Center	Carmi	180
Norris City-Omaha-Enfield Elementary School	Norris City	381
Norris City-Omaha-Enfield High School	Norris City	196
Washington Attendance Center	Carmi	250
Wells Elementary School	Grayville	132