Kankakee Times

There were 236 white students enrolled in Donovan Community Unit School District 3 in the 2021-22 school year, 15.7% more than the previous year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.

Data showed that Donovan Community Unit School District 3 welcomed 289 students during the 2021-22 school year. Among them, white students comprised 88.4% of the student body to be the most represented ethnicity in the district.

Donovan Community Unit School District 3 roughly covers schools within Iroquois County and has a main office in Donovan.

Among the three schools in Donovan Community Unit School District 3, Donovan Elementary School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2021-22 school year, with a total of 127 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	267	236	88.4%
2021	236	204	86.4%
2020	280	231	82.5%
2019	290	246	84.8%
2018	289	242	83.7%