Kankakee Times

There were 49 white students enrolled in Crescent Iroquois Community Unit School District 249 in the 2021-22 school year, the same number as the previous year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.

Data showed that Crescent Iroquois Community Unit School District 249 welcomed 81 students during the 2021-22 school year. Among them, white students comprised 74.2% of the student body to be the most represented ethnicity in the district.

Crescent Iroquois Community Unit School District 249 roughly covers schools within Iroquois County and has a main office in Crescent City.

Crescent City Grade School is the only one school in the Crescent Iroquois Community Unit School District 249 that recorded enrollment of white students in the 2021-22 school year, with a total of 49 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	66	49	74.2%
2021	60	49	81.7%
2020	78	71	91%
2019	74	69	93.2%
2018	81	77	95.1%