Quincy Reporter

There were 510 Black students enrolled in Adams County County schools in the 2021-22 school year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.

Data showed that Black students made up 5.7% of the 8,915 students during the 2021-22 school year. They were the third most represented ethnicity in the county schools.

Among the 19 schools in Adams County County, Quincy Senior High School recorded the highest enrollment of Black students in 2021-22 school year, with a total of 131 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 3% 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.

School name	% of Black students enrolment	Total enrollment
Quincy Senior High School	6.9	1,900
Quincy Junior High School	8.3	1,342
Early Childhood	11.8	458
Thomas S. Baldwin Elementary School Site 2	9.6	560
Colonel George Iles Elementary School	9.3	540
Dr. Abby Fox Rooney Elementary School	9.2	479
Lincoln-Douglas Elementary School	7	545
Sarah Atwater Denman Elementary School Site 2	5.2	537
Central 3-4 Middle School	0	106
Central Elementary Grade School	0	206
Central High School	0	238
Central Junior High School	0	248
Liberty Elementary School	0	342
Liberty High School	0	273
Unity Elementary School	0	279
Unity High School	0	174
Unity Middle School	0	207
Seymour Elementary School	0	248
Seymour High School	0	233