South West Illinois News

There were 419 white students enrolled in Pinckneyville Community High School District 101 in the 2021-22 school year, 4.1% less than the previous year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.

Data showed that Pinckneyville Community High School District 101 welcomed 451 students during the 2021-22 school year. Among them, white students comprised 96.1% of the student body to be the most represented ethnicity in the district.

Pinckneyville Community High School District 101 roughly covers schools within Perry County and has a main office in Pinckneyville.

Pinckneyville Community High School is the only one school in the Pinckneyville Community High School District 101 that recorded enrollment of white students in the 2021-22 school year, with a total of 419 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	436	419	96.1%
2021	459	437	95.2%
2020	448	431	96.2%
2019	462	453	98.1%
2018	451	441	97.8%