Kane County Reporter

There were 2,868 white students enrolled in Central Community Unit School District 301 in the 2021-22 school year, 3.5% more than the previous year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.

Data showed that Central Community Unit School District 301 welcomed 4,175 students during the 2021-22 school year. Among them, white students comprised 61.8% of the student body to be the most represented ethnicity in the district.

Central Community Unit School District 301 roughly covers schools within Kane County and has a main office in Burlington.

Among the seven schools in Central Community Unit School District 301, Central High School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2021-22 school year, with a total of 805 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	4,638	2,868	61.8%
2021	4,310	2,771	64.3%
2020	4,412	2,882	65.3%
2019	4,352	2,846	65.4%
2018	4,175	2,738	65.6%