East Central Reporter

The majority of students in Crawford County schools were white in the 2021-22 school year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.

Of the 2,744 students attending Crawford County schools, 93.1% were white. multiracial students were the second largest ethnicity, making up 2.4% of Crawford County students.

In the previous school year, white students were the most common group in Crawford County, representing 93.3% of the student body.

Nuttall Middle School, Robinson High School, and Washington Elementary School had the most diverse student body in Crawford County, including Hispanic, multiracial, and white.

In the 2021-22 school year, the total number of students enrolled in public schools in the county increased less than 0.1% when 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.

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	Most prevalent ethnicity	Percent of Total Student Body	Total Enrolment
Hutsonville Elementary And Junior High School	White	94.3%	211
Hutsonville High School	White	91.3%	103
Lincoln Elementary School	White	93.7%	347
Nuttall Middle School	White	91.5%	341
Oblong Elementary School	White	98.7%	395
Oblong High School	White	92.3%	183
Palestine Grade School	White	96.8%	219
Palestine High School	White	98.8%	85
Robinson High School	White	91.3%	462
Washington Elementary School	White	87.2%	398