Metro East Sun

There were 24 white students enrolled in Madison Community Unit School District 12 in the 2021-22 school year, 26.3% more than the previous year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.

Data showed that Madison Community Unit School District 12 welcomed 700 students during the 2021-22 school year. Among them, white students comprised 3.6% of the student body to be the least represented ethnicity in the district.

Madison Community Unit School District 12 roughly covers schools within Madison County and has a main office in Madison.

Among the three schools in Madison Community Unit School District 12, Bernard Long Elementary School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2021-22 school year, with a total of 15 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	658	24	3.6%
2021	633	19	3%
2020	631	17	2.7%
2019	678	20	2.9%
2018	700	23	3.3%