South Central Reporter

There were 458 white students enrolled in Mount Olive Community Unit School District 5 in the 2021-22 school year, 1.3% less than the previous year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.

Data showed that Mount Olive Community Unit School District 5 welcomed 473 students during the 2021-22 school year. Among them, white students comprised 97.0% of the student body to be the most represented ethnicity in the district.

Mount Olive Community Unit School District 5 roughly covers schools within Macoupin County and has a main office in Mount Olive.

Among the two schools in Mount Olive Community Unit School District 5, Mt. Olive Elementary School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2021-22 school year, with a total of 356 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	472	458	97%
2021	477	464	97.3%
2020	446	440	98.7%
2019	468	464	99.1%
2018	473	467	98.7%