Quincy Reporter

The majority of students in Adams County schools were white in the 2022-23 school year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.

Of the 8,779 students attending Adams County schools, 81.3% were white. multiracial students were the second largest ethnicity, making up 8.5% of Adams County students.

In the previous school year, white students were also the most common group in Adams County, representing 82% of the student body.

Quincy Junior High School and Quincy Senior High School had the most diverse student body in Adams County, including Asian, African American, Hispanic, multiracial, and white.

In the 2022-23 school year, the total number of students enrolled in public schools in the county dropped 1.5% compared to the previous year.

In the 2021-22 school year, Illinois had roughly 1.9 million students enrolled across approximately schools. There were more than 130,000 teachers in the public schools, or roughly one teacher for every 15 students, compared to the national average of 1:16.

Illinois has increased its state funding for public schools by $350 million, bringing the total to $8.6 billion for the upcoming year. This is in line with a 2017 law aiming to provide adequate funding to all schools by 2027.

However, experts suggest that this goal may be delayed unless education funding jumps to at least $550 million. According to a Center for Tax and Budget Accountability report, there’s currently a funding gap of about $2.3 billion.

School name	Most prevalent ethnicity	Percent of Total Student Body	Total Enrollment
Central 3-4 Middle School	White	92.7%	109
Central Elementary Grade School	White	97.2%	180
Central High School	White	95.4%	239
Central Junior High School	White	94.6%	240
Colonel George Iles Elementary School	White	74%	515
Dr. Abby Fox Rooney Elementary School	White	71.4%	490
Early Childhood	White	64.9%	439
Liberty Elementary School	White	97.3%	364
Liberty High School	White	95.1%	263
Lincoln-Douglas Elementary School	White	78.3%	580
Quincy Junior High School	White	75.6%	1,332
Quincy Senior High School	White	78.5%	1,835
Sarah Atwater Denman Elementary School Site 2	White	79.9%	497
Seymour Elementary School	White	92.1%	267
Seymour High School	White	93.6%	219
Thomas S. Baldwin Elementary School Site 2	White	73.1%	551
Unity Elementary School	White	96.3%	298
Unity High School	White	95.5%	178
Unity Middle School	White	94.5%	183