There were 27 multiracial students enrolled in St. George Community Consolidated School District 258 in the 2024-25 school year, 22.7% more than the previous year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.
Data showed that St. George Community Consolidated School District 258 welcomed 388 students during the 2024-25 school year. Among them, multiracial students comprised 7.0% of the student body to be the least represented ethnicity in the district.
St. George Community Consolidated School District 258 roughly covers schools within Kankakee County and has a main office in Bourbonnais.
St. George Elementary School is the only one school in the St. George Community Consolidated School District 258 that recorded enrollment of multiracial students in the 2024-25 school year, with a total of 27 students.
Nationwide, public K-12 education spending has approached roughly $857 billion, with average per-student spending near $17,000, funded primarily through state and local sources. Spending varies widely by state, and Illinois ranks above the national average, with roughly $22,000 spent per student when state, local, and federal funding are combined.
Illinois public school enrollment continues a long-term downward trend. According to statewide reporting and education data analyses, total enrollment fell to about 1.85 million students as of the 2023-24 school year, and major districts such as Chicago Public Schools saw further declines—for example, CPS reported a drop of more than 9,000 students between the 2024-25 and 2025-26 counts.
| Year | Total District Enrollment | Total of Multiracial Students | Multiracial students (%) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 388 | 27 | 7% |
| 2023-24 | 378 | 22 | 5.8% |
| 2022-23 | 386 | 23 | 6% |
| 2021-22 | 393 | 15 | 3.8% |
| 2020-21 | 385 | 17 | 4.4% |
Information in this article was obtained from the Illinois Report Card. The source data can be found here.
