Macon Reporter

There were 2,176 white students enrolled in Mount Zion Community Unit School District 3 in the 2021-22 school year, 0.1% less than the previous year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.

Data showed that Mount Zion Community Unit School District 3 welcomed 2,394 students during the 2021-22 school year. Among them, white students comprised 91.6% of the student body to be the most represented ethnicity in the district.

Mount Zion Community Unit School District 3 roughly covers schools within Macon County and has a main office in Mount Zion.

Among the five schools in Mount Zion Community Unit School District 3, Mt. Zion High School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2021-22 school year, with a total of 661 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	2,375	2,176	91.6%
2021	2,373	2,179	91.8%
2020	2,436	2,254	92.5%
2019	2,488	2,291	92.1%
2018	2,394	2,207	92.2%