Carbondale Reporter

There were 1,258 white students enrolled in Murphysboro Community Unit School District 186 in the 2021-22 school year, 0.6% more than the previous year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.

Data showed that Murphysboro Community Unit School District 186 welcomed 2,047 students during the 2021-22 school year. Among them, white students comprised 66.0% of the student body to be the most represented ethnicity in the district.

Murphysboro Community Unit School District 186 roughly covers schools within Jackson County and has a main office in Murphysboro.

Among the five schools in Murphysboro Community Unit School District 186, Murphysboro High School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2021-22 school year, with a total of 377 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	1,906	1,258	66%
2021	1,866	1,250	67%
2020	1,947	1,344	69%
2019	2,032	1,388	68.3%
2018	2,047	1,418	69.3%