Quincy Reporter

There were 589 white students enrolled in Liberty Community Unit School District 2 in the 2021-22 school year, 2.3% less than the previous year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.

Data showed that Liberty Community Unit School District 2 welcomed 602 students during the 2021-22 school year. Among them, white students comprised 95.8% of the student body to be the most represented ethnicity in the district.

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

Among the two schools in Liberty Community Unit School District 2, Liberty Elementary School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2021-22 school year, with a total of 330 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	615	589	95.8%
2021	625	603	96.5%
2020	651	619	95.1%
2019	641	625	97.5%
2018	602	588	97.7%