Southern Illinois News

There were 324 white students enrolled in County of Union School District 43 in the 2021-22 school year, 2.1% less than the previous year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.

Data showed that County of Union School District 43 welcomed 457 students during the 2021-22 school year. Among them, white students comprised 93.9% of the student body to be the most represented ethnicity in the district.

County of Union School District 43 roughly covers schools within Union County and has a main office in Jonesboro.

Jonesboro Elementary School is the only one school in the County of Union School District 43 that recorded enrollment of white students in the 2021-22 school year, with a total of 324 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	345	324	93.9%
2021	356	331	93%
2020	403	379	94%
2019	371	346	93.3%
2018	457	429	93.9%