Peoria Standard

There were 627 white students enrolled in Midland Community Unit School District 7 in the 2021-22 school year, 2.6% less than the previous year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.

Data showed that Midland Community Unit School District 7 welcomed 708 students during the 2021-22 school year. Among them, white students comprised 93.2% of the student body to be the most represented ethnicity in the district.

Midland Community Unit School District 7 roughly covers schools within Marshall County and has a main office in Sparland.

Among the three schools in Midland Community Unit School District 7, Midland Elementary School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2021-22 school year, with a total of 248 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	673	627	93.2%
2021	682	644	94.4%
2020	708	676	95.5%
2019	708	678	95.8%
2018	708	677	95.6%