South Central Reporter

There were 74 white students enrolled in Damiansville School District 62 in the 2021-22 school year, 21.3% less than the previous year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.

Data showed that Damiansville School District 62 welcomed 101 students during the 2021-22 school year. Among them, white students comprised 81.3% of the student body to be the most represented ethnicity in the district.

Damiansville School District 62 roughly covers schools within Clinton County and has a main office in Damiansville.

Damiansville Elementary School is the only one school in the Damiansville School District 62 that recorded enrollment of white students in the 2021-22 school year, with a total of 74 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	91	74	81.3%
2021	113	94	83.2%
2020	106	91	85.8%
2019	103	86	83.5%
2018	101	87	86.1%