Galesburg Reporter

There were 919 white students enrolled in Monmouth-Roseville Community Unit School District 238 in the 2021-22 school year, 5.8% more than the previous year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.

Data showed that Monmouth-Roseville Community Unit School District 238 welcomed 1,692 students during the 2021-22 school year. Among them, white students comprised 58.2% of the student body to be the most represented ethnicity in the district.

Monmouth-Roseville Community Unit School District 238 roughly covers schools within Warren County and has a main office in Monmouth.

Among the five schools in Monmouth-Roseville Community Unit School District 238, Monmouth-Roseville High School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2021-22 school year, with a total of 322 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 three percent 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.

Year	Total District Enrollment	Total of White Students	White students %
2022	1,579	919	58.2%
2021	1,507	869	57.7%
2020	1,603	919	57.3%
2019	1,710	1,012	59.2%
2018	1,692	1,010	59.7%