Carbondale Reporter

There were 2,877 white students enrolled in Marion Community Unit School District 2 in the 2021-22 school year, 1.2% less than the previous year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.

Data showed that Marion Community Unit School District 2 welcomed 4,031 students during the 2021-22 school year. Among them, white students comprised 77.9% of the student body to be the most represented ethnicity in the district.

Marion Community Unit School District 2 roughly covers schools within Williamson County and has a main office in Marion.

Among the seven schools in Marion Community Unit School District 2, Marion High School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2021-22 school year, with a total of 894 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	3,695	2,877	77.9%
2021	3,706	2,912	78.6%
2020	3,986	3,130	78.5%
2019	4,032	3,167	78.5%
2018	4,031	3,115	77.3%