Metro East Sun

There were 1,491 white students enrolled in Roxana Community Unit School District 1 in the 2021-22 school year, 1.8% less than the previous year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.

Data showed that Roxana Community Unit School District 1 welcomed 1,889 students during the 2021-22 school year. Among them, white students comprised 86.3% of the student body to be the most represented ethnicity in the district.

Roxana Community Unit School District 1 roughly covers schools within Madison County and has a main office in Roxana.

Among the four schools in Roxana Community Unit School District 1, Roxana Senior High School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2021-22 school year, with a total of 447 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	1,727	1,491	86.3%
2021	1,714	1,518	88.6%
2020	1,815	1,617	89.1%
2019	1,867	1,687	90.4%
2018	1,889	1,686	89.3%