Carbondale Reporter

There were 936 white students enrolled in Johnston City Community Unit School District 1 in the 2021-22 school year, 0.8% more than the previous year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.

Data showed that Johnston City Community Unit School District 1 welcomed 1,104 students during the 2021-22 school year. Among them, white students comprised 90.3% of the student body to be the most represented ethnicity in the district.

Johnston City Community Unit School District 1 roughly covers schools within Williamson County and has a main office in Johnston City.

Among the four schools in Johnston City Community Unit School District 1, Washington Middle School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2021-22 school year, with a total of 288 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	1,036	936	90.3%
2021	1,037	929	89.6%
2020	1,099	993	90.4%
2019	1,148	1,051	91.6%
2018	1,104	1,012	91.7%