Quincy Reporter

There were 7,134 white students enrolled in Adams County County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 2.4% more than the previous year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.

Data showed that white students made up 81.3% of the 8,779 students during the 2022-23 school year. They were the most represented ethnicity in the county schools.

Among the 19 schools in Adams County County, Quincy Senior High School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in 2022-23 school year, with a total of 1,441 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 White students enrolment	Total enrollment
Quincy Senior High School	78.5	1,835
Quincy Junior High School	75.6	1,332
Lincoln-Douglas Elementary School	78.3	580
Thomas S. Baldwin Elementary School Site 2	73.1	551
Sarah Atwater Denman Elementary School Site 2	79.9	497
Colonel George Iles Elementary School	74	515
Liberty Elementary School	97.3	364
Dr. Abby Fox Rooney Elementary School	71.4	490
Unity Elementary School	96.3	298
Early Childhood	64.9	439
Liberty High School	95.1	263
Seymour Elementary School	92.1	267
Central High School	95.4	239
Central Junior High School	94.6	240
Seymour High School	93.6	219
Central Elementary Grade School	97.2	180
Unity Middle School	94.5	183
Unity High School	95.5	178
Central 3-4 Middle School	92.7	109