Southern Illinois News

The majority of students in Johnson County district's were white in the 2021-22 school year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.

Of the 1,698 students attending Johnson County district schools, 94.8% were white. Multi-racial students were the second largest ethnicity, making up 1.6% of Johnson County's districts students.

In the previous school year, white students were the most common group in Johnson County districts, representing 94.7% of the student body.

Goreville Community Unit School District 1, Vienna High School District 133, and Vienna School District 55 had the most diverse student body in the Johnson County, including Multi-racial and white.

In the 2021-22 school year, the total number of students enrolled in public school districts in the county dropped 0.7% when compared to the previous year.

The main offices of all districts mentioned in the story are located in cities associated with Johnson County.

In the 2021-22 school year, Illinois had roughly 1.9 million students enrolled across approximately schools. There were more than 130,000 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 3% 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.

District	Most prevalent ethnicity	Percent of Total Student Body	Total Enrolment
Buncombe Consolidated School District 43	White	96.6%	58
Cypress School District 64	White	95.2%	105
Goreville Community Unit School District 1	White	97.3%	626
New Simpson Hill School District 32	White	96.2%	209
Vienna High School District 133	White	91.1%	316
Vienna School District 55	White	92.7%	384