Quincy Reporter

There were 7,004 white students enrolled in Adams County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 1.8% less than the previous year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.

Data showed that white students made up 80.6% of the 8,692 students during the 2023-24 school year. They were the most represented ethnicity in the county schools.

Among the 19 schools in Adams County, Quincy Senior High School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2023-24 school year, with a total of 1,436 students.

As of the 2023-24 school year, Illinois public schools enrolled approximately 1.85 million students across nearly 4,000 schools. There was roughly one teacher for every 15 students, slightly better than the national average of 1:16.

K-12 enrollment has been declining in Illinois for many years, reflecting the state's demographic changes. Between the 2019–20 and 2022–23 school years, Illinois public school enrollment declined from approximately 1.98 million to 1.85 million students, a decrease of about 127,000 students or 6.4%. This decline is significantly higher than the typical annual decreases of 0.5% to 1.5% observed in the preceding years, reflecting broader demographic shifts within the state.

School name	% of White students enrolment	Total enrollment
Quincy Senior High School	78.3%	1,835
Quincy Junior High School	74.7%	1,261
Lincoln-Douglas Elementary School	78.2%	579
Sarah Atwater Denman Elementary School Site 2	79.3%	517
Thomas S. Baldwin Elementary School Site 2	70.1%	561
Colonel George Iles Elementary School	70.8%	503
Dr. Abby Fox Rooney Elementary School	74.4%	477
Liberty Elementary School	96.9%	356
Early Childhood	67.7%	477
Unity Elementary School	96.6%	295
Liberty High School	92.8%	265
Central High School	95.3%	232
Seymour Elementary School	89%	246
Seymour High School	91.9%	222
Central Junior High School	94%	216
Unity Middle School	96.4%	193
Unity High School	93.9%	179
Central Elementary Grade School	91.5%	165
Central 3-4 Middle School	95.6%	113