Kankakee Times

There were 178 white students enrolled in St. Anne Community Consolidated School District 256 in the 2021-22 school year, 8.2% less than the previous year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.

Data showed that St. Anne Community Consolidated School District 256 welcomed 347 students during the 2021-22 school year. Among them, white students comprised 62.2% of the student body to be the most represented ethnicity in the district.

St. Anne Community Consolidated School District 256 roughly covers schools within Kankakee County and has a main office in St. Anne.

St. Anne Elementary School is the only one school in the St. Anne Community Consolidated School District 256 that recorded enrollment of white students in the 2021-22 school year, with a total of 178 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	286	178	62.2%
2021	289	194	67.1%
2020	328	225	68.6%
2019	346	227	65.6%
2018	347	232	66.9%