Unity High School Principal Mr. Joshua Arnsman (2023) | Unity High School
Unity High School Principal Mr. Joshua Arnsman (2023) | Unity High School
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 |
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