Galesburg Reporter

There were 904 white students enrolled in Knoxville Community Unit School District 202 in the 2021-22 school year, 1.3% more than the previous year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.

Data showed that Knoxville Community Unit School District 202 welcomed 1,064 students during the 2021-22 school year. Among them, white students comprised 91.9% of the student body to be the most represented ethnicity in the district.

Knoxville Community Unit School District 202 roughly covers schools within Knox County and has a main office in Knoxville.

Among the three schools in Knoxville Community Unit School District 202, Mable Woolsey Elementary School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2021-22 school year, with a total of 357 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	984	904	91.9%
2021	977	892	91.3%
2020	1,019	931	91.4%
2019	1,069	975	91.2%
2018	1,064	962	90.4%