West Central Reporter

There were 181 white students enrolled in Nauvoo-Colusa Community Unit School District 325 in the 2021-22 school year, 7.2% less than the previous year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.

Data showed that Nauvoo-Colusa Community Unit School District 325 welcomed 251 students during the 2021-22 school year. Among them, white students comprised 92.8% of the student body to be the most represented ethnicity in the district.

Nauvoo-Colusa Community Unit School District 325 roughly covers schools within Hancock County and has a main office in Nauvoo.

Nauvoo Elementary School is the only one school in the Nauvoo-Colusa Community Unit School District 325 that recorded enrollment of white students in the 2021-22 school year, with a total of 181 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	195	181	92.8%
2021	203	195	96.1%
2020	242	233	96.3%
2019	243	229	94.2%
2018	251	238	94.8%