Macon Reporter

There were 820 white students enrolled in Warrensburg-Latham Community Unit School District 11 in the 2021-22 school year, 1.3% less than the previous year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.

Data showed that Warrensburg-Latham Community Unit School District 11 welcomed 942 students during the 2021-22 school year. Among them, white students comprised 86.1% of the student body to be the most represented ethnicity in the district.

Warrensburg-Latham Community Unit School District 11 roughly covers schools within Macon County and has a main office in Warrensburg.

Among the three schools in Warrensburg-Latham Community Unit School District 11, Warrensburg-Latham Elementary School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2021-22 school year, with a total of 340 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	952	820	86.1%
2021	957	831	86.8%
2020	956	840	87.9%
2019	996	890	89.4%
2018	942	852	90.4%