Southern Illinois News

There were 356 white students enrolled in Vienna School District 55 in the 2021-22 school year, 6% more than the previous year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.

Data showed that Vienna School District 55 welcomed 423 students during the 2021-22 school year. Among them, white students comprised 92.7% of the student body to be the most represented ethnicity in the district.

Vienna School District 55 roughly covers schools within Johnson County and has a main office in Vienna.

Vienna Elementary School District 55 is the only one school in the Vienna School District 55 that recorded enrollment of white students in the 2021-22 school year, with a total of 356 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	384	356	92.7%
2021	367	336	91.6%
2020	383	355	92.7%
2019	420	390	92.9%
2018	423	400	94.6%