Metro East Sun

There were 2,687 white students enrolled in Highland Community Unit School District 5 in the 2021-22 school year, 0.5% more than the previous year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.

Data showed that Highland Community Unit School District 5 welcomed 2,868 students during the 2021-22 school year. Among them, white students comprised 95.3% of the student body to be the most represented ethnicity in the district.

Highland Community Unit School District 5 roughly covers schools within Madison County and has a main office in Highland.

Among the six schools in Highland Community Unit School District 5, Highland High School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2021-22 school year, with a total of 864 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	2,820	2,687	95.3%
2021	2,810	2,674	95.2%
2020	2,857	2,725	95.4%
2019	2,884	2,755	95.5%
2018	2,868	2,768	96.5%