Metro East Sun

There were 2,259 white students enrolled in Jersey Community Unit School District 100 in the 2021-22 school year, 1.4% less than the previous year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.

Data showed that Jersey Community Unit School District 100 welcomed 2,544 students during the 2021-22 school year. Among them, white students comprised 93.7% of the student body to be the most represented ethnicity in the district.

Jersey Community Unit School District 100 roughly covers schools within Jersey County and has a main office in Jerseyville.

Among the five schools in Jersey Community Unit School District 100, Jersey Community High School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2021-22 school year, with a total of 918 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	2,412	2,259	93.7%
2021	2,434	2,292	94.2%
2020	2,552	2,415	94.6%
2019	2,561	2,422	94.6%
2018	2,544	2,432	95.6%