Kankakee Times

There were 738 white students enrolled in Iroquois County Community Unit School District 9 in the 2021-22 school year, 0.3% less than the previous year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.

Data showed that Iroquois County Community Unit School District 9 welcomed 1,009 students during the 2021-22 school year. Among them, white students comprised 81.6% of the student body to be the most represented ethnicity in the district.

Iroquois County Community Unit School District 9 roughly covers schools within Iroquois County and has a main office in Watseka.

Among the three schools in Iroquois County Community Unit School District 9, Watseka Community High School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2021-22 school year, with a total of 247 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	904	738	81.6%
2021	886	740	83.5%
2020	932	783	84%
2019	974	822	84.4%
2018	1,009	847	83.9%