South Central Reporter

There were 641 white students enrolled in Salem Community High School District 600 in the 2021-22 school year, 3.6% more than the previous year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.

Data showed that Salem Community High School District 600 welcomed 694 students during the 2021-22 school year. Among them, white students comprised 92.8% of the student body to be the most represented ethnicity in the district.

Salem Community High School District 600 roughly covers schools within Marion County and has a main office in Salem.

Salem Community High School is the only one school in the Salem Community High School District 600 that recorded enrollment of white students in the 2021-22 school year, with a total of 641 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	691	641	92.8%
2021	666	619	92.9%
2020	642	587	91.4%
2019	665	626	94.1%
2018	694	659	95%