Middletown Prairie Elementary Education: 700 white students were enrolled in 2021-22 school year

There were 700 white students enrolled in Middletown Prairie Elementary in the 2021-22 school year, 10.1% more than the previous year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.

Data showed that Middletown Prairie Elementary welcomed 800 students during the 2021-22 school year. Among them, white students comprised 87.5% of the student body to be the most represented ethnicity in the school.

The school is located in Mahomet-Seymour Community Unit School District 3 with a central office in Mahomet.

Among the four schools in Mahomet-Seymour Community Unit School District 3, Mahomet-Seymour High School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2021-22 school year, with a total of 1,017 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 2019-2020 and 2020-2021 school year (60,900 students), far more than the typical 0.5 percent to 1.5 percent annual enrollment declines in Illinois over the last 5 years.

Year	Total School Enrollment	Total of White Students	White students %
2022	800	700	87.5%
2021	732	636	86.9%
2020	802	709	88.4%
2019	765	672	87.8%
2018	283	249	88.0%