Kankakee Times

There were 359 white students enrolled in Grant Park Community Unit School District 6 in the 2021-22 school year, 2.3% more than the previous year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.

Data showed that Grant Park Community Unit School District 6 welcomed 495 students during the 2021-22 school year. Among them, white students comprised 83.1% of the student body to be the most represented ethnicity in the district.

Grant Park Community Unit School District 6 roughly covers schools within Kankakee County and has a main office in Grant Park.

Among the two schools in Grant Park Community Unit School District 6, Grant Park Elementary School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2021-22 school year, with a total of 242 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	432	359	83.1%
2021	418	351	84%
2020	458	398	86.9%
2019	492	426	86.6%
2018	495	430	86.9%