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White County schools welcomed 2,076 students in the 2023-24 school year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.

This is a decrease of 3.8% from the previous school year, when there were 2,159 students enrolled in the county.

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

Of all the students welcomed at the time, 50.5% identified as male, and 49.5% as female.

Most of the students enrolled in the county were white, representing 94% of its student body.

Within White County, Norris City-Omaha-Enfield Elementary School had the highest enrollment in the school year, welcoming 410 students.

As of the 2023-24 school year, Illinois public schools enrolled approximately 1.85 million students across 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. Between the 2019–20 and 2022–23 school years, Illinois public school enrollment declined from approximately 1.98 million to 1.85 million students, a decrease of about 127,000 students or 6.4%. This decline is significantly higher than the typical annual decreases of 0.5% to 1.5% observed in the preceding years, reflecting broader demographic shifts within the state.

School	City	Enrollment
Carmi-White County High School	Carmi	384
Carmi-White County Junior High School	Carmi	207
Grayville Junior Senior High School	Grayville	137
Jefferson Attendance Center	Carmi	175
Lincoln Attendance Center	Carmi	190
Norris City-Omaha-Enfield Elementary School	Norris City	410
Norris City-Omaha-Enfield High School	Norris City	184
Washington Attendance Center	Carmi	252
Wells Elementary School	Grayville	137